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Photos: India spacecraft reaches Mars orbit

September 25, 2014 2:15PM ET

The unmanned Mangalyaan succeeds in reaching the Red Planet's orbit on a shoestring budget.

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A photo taken by India’s unmanned Mangalyaan orbiter shows the surface of Mars, from a height of 4.5 miles. Released by the Indian space agency on September 25, 2014, the image is the first to be taken by the orbiter, which reached the Red Planet on a shoestring budget. ISRO / AFP / Getty Images
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Members of the Indian Space Research Organization staff celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft successfully entered Mars’ orbit. Manjunath Kiran / AFP / Getty Images
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the control room as the spacecraft entered Mars orbit. He declared the success of the mission “a shining symbol of what we are capable as a nation.” Abhishek N. Chinnappa / Reuters
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Children across India were asked to arrive at school early, so that they could watch the event live on television. Here, students from Chennai pose in celebration of the achievement. Babu / Reuters
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An Indian man dances with a poster of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event marking the success of the mission at the BJP party's state headquarters in Bhopal, India. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA
The satellite launch vehicle blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center Tuesday.
The satellite launch vehicle blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center November 5, 2013. ISRO/Reuters
People in New Delhi watching the live telecast of the launch.
People in New Delhi watching the live telecast of the launch. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
India Mars orbiter
Scientists and engineers work on the Mars orbiter vehicle at the Indian Space Research Organization's satellite center in Bangalore in September, 2013. Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
India Mars orbiter
The mission envisions that the launch vehicle will orbit Earth for nearly a month, as a series of small thruster bursts nudge it into space. Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
The PSLV-C25 launch vehicle carrying the orbiter as its payload, at the Indian Space Research Organization facility in Sriharikota, Oct. 30.
The PSLV-C25 launch vehicle carrying the orbiter as its payload, at the Indian Space Research Organization facility in Sriharikota, Oct. 30. AFP/Getty Images
Inside the control station in Sriharikota a few days before launch.
Inside the control station in Sriharikota a few days before launch. 2013 AFP