 "World's most budget-friendly Mars Mission: How Mangalyaan stacks up against others")
In less than 24 hours, India could make space history by becoming the first country in the world to enter Mars’ orbit on the first attempt, thanks to ISRO’s Mangalyaan spacecraft.
Launched in November last year, Mangalyaan aims to study Mars’ surface and mineral composition, and scan its atmosphere for methane, a chemical strongly tied to life on Earth.
If successful, India would be the fourth space power after the United States, Europe and Russia to orbit or land on the red planet.
What sets Mangalyaan apart from other Mars missions conducted by global space agencies is how cost effective it is. At approximately $74 million, ISRO’s mission cost roughly a tenth of NASA’s Mars mission Maven that successfully entered Mars orbit on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi famously said the Mangalyaan mission cost less than the Hollywood blockbuster Gravity, which is estimated to have cost about $100 million to produce.
Take a look at the infographic below to see how Mangalyaan stacks up against other global missions:
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