Mangalyan
India's mars mission Mangalyaan, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has been listed among 25 best innovations of 2014 by Time .
"Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. The US didn't Russia didn't , the Europeans didn't. But on September 24, India did, " the magazine said.
"That's when the Mangalyaan ( Mars craft in Hindi ) went into orbit around the Red Planet , a technological feat no other Asian nation has yet achieved, " it added. It pointed out that building the spacecraft cost India just $74 million , which was less than the budget for the Hollywood film "Gravity" .
"At that price , the Mangalyaan is equipped with just five onboard instruments that allow it to do simple tasks like measuring Martian methane and surface composition , " it stated.
"More important, however, it allows India to flex its interplanetary muscles , which portends great things for the country's space programme -- and for science in general. "
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