Mangalyaan-2 mission: Know how ISRO’s Mars mission is different from NASA’s MSL mission

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 In a quest to search for the possibility of life on other planets and the moon, space agencies are working day and night. Currently, ISRo is working on Mangalyaan-2 While NASA’s MSL has already covered 4000 days on Mars.

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The objective of the Mangalyaan-2 mission is to study the aspects of Mars, including interplanetary dust, and the Martian atmosphere and environment.

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On the other hand, NASA’s Mars Science laboratory mission is trying to study whether ancient Mars had the conditions to support microbial life.

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Mangalyaan-2  will consist of four payloads and their main focus will be to study interplanetary dust, the Martian atmosphere, and the environment of Mars.

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NASA’s MSL mission is working on the scientific goals to determine the landing site's habitability which includes the role of water, the study of the climate, and the geology of Mars. 

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The Mangalyaan-2 mission will be launched by the rocket GSLV Mk III, while  MSL launched on an Atlas V rocket.

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Mangalyaan-2 mission is expected to launch in 2024. And NASA’s MSL was launched in 2011.

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Mangalyaan-2 mission’s scientific payloads consist of a Mars Orbit Dust Experiment (MODEX), a Radio Occultation (RO) experiment, an Energetic Ion Spectrometer (EIS), and a Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Experiment (LPEX).

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NASA MSL mission’s data might help in the Mangalyaan-2 mission as it was launched more than a decade ago and collected a lot of crucial data.