A screen capture of the Mars Orbiter Mission from the Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network complex in Bangalore, India, Wednesday.
New Delhi (AFP) - India's Mars Orbiter Mission on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet on in its first attempt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced.
"India has successfully reached Mars. Congratulations to all, to the entire country... history has been created today," Modi said from the Indian Space Research Organisation's mission control in south India from where the mission was televised live nationwide.
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