India's Mangalyaan satellite successfully infiltrated Mars orbit. India's space agency is now the only space agency to arrive at Mars on its first mission, and that too, on such a low budget. India is now part of the select group of space agencies - the U.S., Russia, and Europe - that have managed to move into Mars orbit. Other nations, such as Japan and China, have tried, but not succeeded. Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the famously low budget of the mission, $74 million, was cheaper than the $100 million cost to produce the American film "Gravity." Click here to read more about India's success, and check out the images and diagrams below!
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Indian female scientists congratulate each other on the fantastic news!
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Links to information:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/09/india-triumphs-with-first-mission-mars-201492424235943945.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/09/23/how-india-mounted-the-worlds-cheapest-mission-to-mars/
http://www.newsweek.com/how-india-achieved-cheapest-ever-interplanetary-mission-mars-273588
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29357472
Links to information:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/09/india-triumphs-with-first-mission-mars-201492424235943945.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/09/23/how-india-mounted-the-worlds-cheapest-mission-to-mars/
http://www.newsweek.com/how-india-achieved-cheapest-ever-interplanetary-mission-mars-273588
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29357472