24 September 2014 :: India on Wednesday became the first country to successfully put a spacecraft around Mars in its first attempt. The ambitious Rs. 460 crore Mars Orbiter Mission ( MOM ), launched on November 5 last year, had a perfect Mars Orbit Insertion ( MOI ) to get captured into the Mars orbit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Bangalore on Tuesday night for another engagement, spent nearly two hours watching India’s moment of glory.
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