fter a successful launch on Tuesday, India’s Mars spacecraft has carried out the first of six crucial engine firings in Earth orbit.
The probe performed the firing with its liquid fuel thruster at 19:47 GMT on Wednesday (Thursday 1:17 IST).
The aim is to gradually build up the necessary velocity to break free from our planet’s gravitational pull.
If the firings succeed, the spacecraft will travel for 300 days, ready for entering Mars orbit in 2014.
