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A day after India’s stellar achievement of successfully sending an orbiter to Mars in its maiden attempt, Twitter is still abuzz with excitement regarding ISRO's success. Quirky Tweets form the official account of the Mars Orbiter have been an instant hit with the masses.
The Twitter account immediately became a runaway hit, gaining over 55,000 followers within hours. In a tone that was at once funny & conversational the account's tweets have already been re-tweeted nearly 15,000 times.
Right after the news broke out, the official account of the Mars orbiter tweeted the following:
Right after the news broke out, the official account of the Mars orbiter tweeted the following:
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
I’ll be back after breakfast. Good ol’ sunlight. It’s good for your battery.
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014
Its tweet greeting NASA’s Mars rover was the most re-tweeted tweet yesterday.
Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I'll be around.
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014A day after entering the orbit, Mangalyaan got down right to business by sending in latest images of the surface of the planet.
The view is nice up here. pic.twitter.com/VmAjNI76lm
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 25, 2014PM Narendra Modi was quick to reply to the orbiter :
Yes, I agree @MarsOrbiter, the view is indeed nice up there! @isro pic.twitter.com/hX3TNd9ggk
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2014
Mangalyaan is now set to conduct experiments to study the atmosphere, mineralogy and presence of methane in the Martian orbit along with NASA's MAVEN.
