Out of Air but mangalyan moves

In outer space there is no air then how the fuel is burnt to give thrust.

The trajectory correction has taken place on Mangalyan but how fuel is burnt when there is no air.

Well concept is like this.

Fuel: Monomethylhydrazine

Air/Oxygen: Dinitrogentetraoxide

The oxide gives out the required oxygen to burn the basic fuel.

Now the mangalyan is at 2.9 million kilometers away from earth roughly 0.4% from the total distance to be travelled of 680 million kilometers.

 

 

Well let’s keep watching.