India's date with Mars: Social media rejoices

India created history today with the success of the Mars orbiter mission and becoming the first country to have reached the planet in its maiden attempt

India created history today with the success of the Mars orbiter mission, not only did it make India the first country to have reached the planet in its maiden attempt it was also the cheapest Mars mission ever at $ 74 mn.

 

The historic day has indeed made every citizen in the country proud. the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Twitter account was constantly updating each an every movement of the Manglayaan orbiter. Social media quickly erupted with posts congratulating ISRO for it’s brilliant effort.

 

Here are some of the top Tweets and posts:
 

Location update from #MarsOrbiter pic.twitter.com/ut2GB2r2f2

— ISRO (@isro) September 24, 2014

 

Fingers crossed #MarsOrbiter Mission Control. pic.twitter.com/u4xMnuq0s6

— ISRO (@isro) September 24, 2014

#ISRO bursts into a loud clap on confirmation of burn start! Congratulations India! #Mangalyaan pic.twitter.com/1zcbuqNazW

— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) September 24, 2014

What is red, is a planet and is the focus of my orbit? pic.twitter.com/HDRWjOcPus

— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014

We congratulate @ISRO for its Mars arrival! @MarsOrbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet. #JourneyToMars pic.twitter.com/lz90flOZLG

— NASA (@NASA) September 24, 2014

Lovely picture of #Mangalyaan scientists celebrating after success in Mission Control Room, Bangalore #MarsMission pic.twitter.com/eMiHMSQ3IB

— Soutik Biswas (@soutik) September 24, 2014

History is created & am glad to have witnessed it. Will never forget this day! Congrats to our scientists http://t.co/RNbacKjB5q #Mangalyaan

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 24, 2014

I congratulate, all ISRO scientists, as well as, all my fellow Indians, on this historic occasion: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 24, 2014

 

Post by Narendra Modi.

 

Post by Amitabh Bachchan.

Proud day for India. Congratulations @isro on making us the first to successfully get a spacecraft into the Mars orbit on our maiden attempt

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 24, 2014

From @isro comes the proof that Made in India is still the best label in the world.

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 24, 2014

What's most charming & inspiring about the #Mangalyaan Maestros is how understated and modest they are. No fuss, no flamboyance. Just genius

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 24, 2014

ISRO has yet again given the nation a reason to smile... Well done. :)

— APJ Abdul Kalam (@apj_abdul_kalam) September 24, 2014

Historic day! Heartiest Congratulations to @isro - you've made India incredibly proud! Jai Vigyan!!

— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) September 24, 2014

Congratulations @isro on Mars triumph! My @ProSyn column last year explains the scale of the achievement: http://t.co/lxNZpgre4z

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 24, 2014