 "ISRO scientists present first Mangalyaan pictures of Mars to Modi")
New Delhi: A team of ISRO scientists on Thursday presented the first pictures of the Red Planet sent by Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM) or Mangalyaan spacecraft to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [caption id=“attachment_1729721” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Modi with Isro scientists on Wednesday. AFP[/caption] The team, led by ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan and ISRO Scientific Secretary V Koteswara Rao, flew in here to hand over to pictures to the PM. Narendra Modi tweeted:
A team of @isro scientists presented the 1st pictures from #Mangalyaan today morning. @isro pic.twitter.com/sqCRQrhftO
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2014
Earlier, ISRO had posted the first picture sent by the spacecraft on its twitter handle.
1st image of Mars, from a height of 7300 km; with 376m spatial resolution. MT @MarsOrbiter The view is nice up here. pic.twitter.com/RbqmnSyyFp
— ISRO (@isro) September 25, 2014
To this, PM replied to the tweet:
Yes, I agree @MarsOrbiter, the view is indeed nice up there! @isro pic.twitter.com/hX3TNd9ggk
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2014
Modi was present at the ISRO complex in Bangalore yesterday and witnessed the success of the mission on its maiden attempt itself. He had heaped praise on the scientists. PTI
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