Kerala State Science and Technology Museum in Thiruvananthapuram has drawn up various programmes to mark the entry of 
‘Mangalyaan’, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, into the orbit of the red planet, expected to happen on 24th September.
The programmes, planned in partnership with Rajya Sabha TV, Vigyan Prasar and CSIR, have been planned on 23rd and 24th September, a Museum release said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
A seminar on ‘Human Space Exploration’ is scheduled on 23rd September.
ISRO’s former Deputy Director P Radhakrishnan will lead the sessions, it said.
A quiz competition based on space explorations will be organised for college students the other day. A team with two persons can participate in the event, it added.
Mangalyaan is scheduled to leave the solar orbit and enter an orbit around Mars in the early hours of 24th September.