Bangalore/ New Delhi: The success of India's successful mission to Mars "will go down as landmark in history", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday after Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) entered the orbit of the red planet.
We have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday after India's Mars Orbiter Mission successfully entered the Mars orbit.
He congratulated Indians and ISRO scientists for the success, despite the constraint of resources.
"These are all accomplishments that will go down as landmarks in history," said a visibly happy Modi.
"History has been created today," said Modi here amidst applause.
He said: "India is the only country, to have succeeded in its very first attempt."
"With today's spectacular success, ISRO joins an elite group, of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached red planet," he added amidst applause.
"Of the 51 missions, attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we have prevailed," he said.
The prime minister said: "Travelling an incredible distance, of over 650 million or 65 crore kms,we have gone beyond boundaries, of human enterprise and imagination."
We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise, said the prime minister.
