India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars.
Indians are celebrating what many countries have previously failed to do: A spacecraft successfully completed the orbit of Mars, and did so in its first attempt. How big a deal is this? Not only is India the first Asian country to accomplish this feat, but out of the 51 attempts by other countries to orbit Mars, at least half have failed.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) even set up a Twitter account so Indians could follow along with the orbit.
When the orbit was successfully completed, NASA's Curiosity Rover sent a "Namaste" along its way.
And fittingly, the Mars Orbiter sent a "Howdy" back.
Students in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India, took to the streets and set off fire crackers in celebrations.
And many on social media were quick to note one remarkable fact about the orbit: the price tag. India's effort was 11 percent of the cost of the U.S. Mars probe called Maven, which entered Mars orbit on Sunday.
Take a look at more photos from India's Mars mission:
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India reaches Mars
NOV. 5, 2013
Tuesday
Country puts spacecraft in orbit around Red Planet to demonstrate its abilities and advance technologies for space travel.
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