> NEW DELHI: Creating history, ISROs Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Wednesday successfully entered the orbit of the red planet. With this, India has become the first nation in the world to have entered the Mars orbit in the first attempt. ISROs MOM is also the cheapest such mission till now. European, US and Russian probes have managed to orbit or land on the planet, but after several attempts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the historic moment from ISROs centre. After successful launch PM Modi said, India has become the first country to enter Mars orbit on a maiden mission. History has been created today with India reaching Mars. ISRO has joined an elite group of just three countries to reach Mars, he said. It was built indigenously, in a pan-Indian effort, stretching from Bangalore to Bhubhaneshwar, and Faridabad to Rajkot. Our budget is even lesser than a Hollywood blockbuster. These will go down as landmarks in history, Modi added. The main engine on the spacecrat, in slumber since the 300-day journey began, was woken up on Monday, though for four seconds after a successful crucial manoeuvre that raised the confidence level of ISRO scientists. The 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was last fired on December 01, 2013. The MOM entered the Mars Gravitational Sphere of Influence on Monday. The spacecraft had escaped the earth gravity pull on December 1 last. India has become the first nation in the world to have entered the Mars orbit in the first attempt. ISROs MOM is also cheapest such mission till now. Source: economic times Photo source :stimulatedboredom/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/The-Martian-man-on-Mars-Stimulated-Boredom.jpg Bhardwaj Yatn Madhur Tripathi Umang Chhibber Yankit Bali Rakesh Srivastava R P Rajeev Kumar Prakhar Vishwakarma Subodh Kumar Sunil Kumar Ravi Prakash Singh Shoukeen Ali
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:28:10 +0000
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