Aug 10, 2018
Mangalyaan (मंगलयान) The Mars Orbiter Mission also called Mangalyaan is a space probe orbiting Mars. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation and it is India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has also become the fourth space agency to reach Mars. It is also the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt. The total cost of the mission was approximately ₹450 Crore (US$73 million), making it the least-expensive Mars mission to date. After a 298-day transit to Mars, it was successfully inserted into Mars orbit on 24 September 2014. 🚀🛰