ISRO announces to land Mangalyaan-2 on Mars by 2030 / ਇਸਰੋ ਨੇ ਮੰਗਲਯਾਨ-2 ਨੂੰ 2030 ਤੱਕ ਮੰਗਲ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ 'ਤੇ ਉਤਾਰਨ ਦਾ ਐਲਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ
Recent reports, citing ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan, confirm that Mangalyaan-2 (Mars Orbiter Mission 2) is indeed scheduled for launch in 2030.
This mission represents a major technological leap for India, as its primary goal is to achieve India's first-ever soft landing on the surface of Mars, which is an extremely difficult feat.
Legacy - It builds upon the historic success of Mangalyaan-1 (MOM) - 2014, which was a purely orbital mission and made India the first nation in Asia to reach Mars' orbit.
If successful, India will join an elite club of nations—the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union—that have successfully landed a spacecraft on the Martian surface.