Mangalyaan: Sachin, Virat congratulates ISRO
Tendulkar tweeted: "The country is united in applauding efforts of the team @isro, I salute the silent achievers that has worked to make this happen #Mangalyaan."
Cricketer Virat Kohli said: "Proud day for India. Congratulations @isro on making us the first to successfully get a spacecraft into the Mars orbit on our maiden attempt."
India entered a big league in space science and created history on Wednesday with its much touted Mars Mission achieving a milestone as its Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan, successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
With this, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) joined an an elite group, of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached red planet.
According to ISRO, the spacecraft Successfully entered Martian Orbit and the Burn Start of Main Liquid Engine was confirmed.
Mangalyaan also transmitted the first pictures from Mars.
NASA also congratulated India on the success while Australian engineers and technicians working at the CSIRO-managed Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) in regional Australia, who played a critical role in confirming the successful first phase of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also commended India.
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