And India is celebrating the success of its
historic space mission to Mars, marking the
first country to do so on its maiden voyage.
After traveling more than 600 million kilometers,
the robotic satellite established a stable
orbit around the Red Planet on Wednesday.
India now joins the U.S, Europe... and former
Soviet Union in successfully launching a spacecraft
to Earth′s neighbor.
The "Mars Orbiter Mission" will now begin
scanning the planet′s atmosphere for traces
of methane, which may provide evidence of
life.
The landmark space mission has also been praised
for its low cost... of 74 million dollars.
In comparison, NASA′s Maven probe reached
Mars on Sunday at a cost of over 6-hundred-70-million
dollars.
