ISRO planning a mission to Mars again and Venus

After the hugely successful Mars Orbiter Mission, which completed 300 days in the Martian orbit on Tuesday , India is now planning a mission to Venus. Space scientist Narendra Bhandari of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory announced this while addressing Mumbai school students through skype at the Nehru Science Centre in Worli. Bhandari, who has a doctorate from Mumbai University and has worked with TIFR, said that apart from Venus, a second mission to the Red Planet called Mars-2 was also under consideration.