The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, is India’s first interplanetary mission to the planet Mars. India will be the first country in the world to insert a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its very first attempt, if went successful.





MOM is the cheapest and lowest-cost inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken in the world. Hollywood movie Gravity costs more than Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). And average per mile cost is just 31 ¢ .





Watch here live, below, for the Mars orbital insertion of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan spacecraft, on Wednesday, September 23 6:56 IST