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                      Indian Spacecraft Enters Mars Orbit

   by VOA News

   India has successfully placed a satellite into orbit around Mars,
   putting the nation into an elite club of deep space explorers that so
   far includes the United States, Russia, and Europe.

   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of the Mars
   Orbiter Mission Wednesday alongside scientists with the Indian Space
   Research Organization (ISRO) at their command center in the southern
   city of Bangalore.

   "History has been created today. We have dared to reach out into the
   unknown and have achieved the near-impossible. I congratulate all ISRO
   scientists as well as all my fellow Indians on this historic occasion,"
   said Modi.

   The success of the Mars orbiter mission marks a milestone for India's
   five-decades-old space program. The satellite, developed with
   domestically-produced technology, cost just $74 million, a fraction of
   the price of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft which reached its position around
   the red planet on Sunday.

   India's Mars Orbiter Mission will gather information on the planet's
   surface and weather systems.
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