On September 24th an Indian spacecraft, Mangalyaan, flew to Mars. To be more specific, it flew into orbit just above Mars. Below is the first photo it captured:
'We have achieved near the impossible' says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, puffed with pride for his country. Mr. Modi's twitter followers have now reached 6.6 followers which makes him second after President Barack Obama. The Economist reports that Prime Minister Modi communicates with everyone through twitter himself and sees no need for journalists.
Modi said: 'Today, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has met Mangal (Mars). Today Mangal has got Mom. The time this mission was short named as Mom, I am sure that Mom won't disappoint us.'
It's a good thing to have a mother, everyone needs one, and Mars has one too now. The Earth is not just our mother after all.
