The Mars Orbiter Mission ( MOM ), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft", from mangala , "Mars" and yāna , "craft, vehicle"), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is India's first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to achieve Mars orbit, after Roscosmos , Nasa , and the European space agency It made India the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit and the first nation in the world to do so on its maiden attempt. The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First launch pad at Satish dhawan space center (Sriharikota Range SHAR), Andhra pradesh , using a Polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 at 09:08 UTC on ...