U.S. Looks To Work With India In Deep Space Exploration

If Pluto was the target for the American space agency through its mission `New Horizons', the Indian space agency is also setting its goals to explore the Solar System to its limits. On ISRO's wish list `a technology demonstration mission or a flyby to the outer solar system'.

The current ISRO chief, who played a key role in the success of Mangalyaan says, "for the next planetary mission, we are looking at opportunities whether it is a repeat Mars mission, or Venus mission or even an asteroid mission' revealed Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Exploring Venus could be the next logical step as India has already been to Mars. It is Earth's neighbour and if all goes well in a few years an Indian rocket will lift off and head towards the inside of the Solar System.

Until date only Russia, America, the European Space Agency (ESA) are the ones to have successfully reached Venus. In 2010 Japan tried but failed. Can India make global history once again by becoming the first Asian country to reach Venus. Repeating a moment in history when India's Mangalyaan in its maiden attempt itself reached the Red Planet a feat not achieved by any other country.

Venus is considered a twin of Earth and yet very little is understood about this terrestrial planet. It is almost the same size that of Earth but it has a hugely dense atmosphere made up mostly of carbon dioxide and being closer to the Sun it has an average temperature of about 460 degrees Celsius.

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