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Mars Orbiter starts sending pictures

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IANS Chennai

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has sent five pictures of the red planet's surface, said a senior official of the Indian space agency.

"The Mars Orbiter has started sending pictures. We have received five pictures and these are under processing," an official of Indian Space Research Organisation told IANS, preferring anonymity.

India Wednesday created space history by becoming the first country in the world to place a spacecraft in Mars' orbit in the first attempt.

 

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First Published: Sep 24 2014 | 10:02 PM IST

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