India Reaches Mars With Mangalyaan’s Safe Arrival

This is very cool news.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) mission engineers after Mangalyaan’s successful launch on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. Approximately 20% of ISRO employees, and 10% of their engineers, are women. Image credit: AP/Aijaz Rahi

Artist’s concept of Mangalyaan’s orbital insertion around Mars. Image credit: ISRO