In ISRO’s Bangalore control room, women scientists in colourful saris hug each other after

In ISRO’s Bangalore control room, women scientists in colourful saris hug each other after spacecraft Mangalyaan makes it to Mars orbit. The image sparked reactions and debate across the Internet. Photo by Manjunath Kiran.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) made history with its successful first-ever Mars orbiter mission. It came in at a cool $74 million—a fraction of recent NASA projects.

By the way, Mangalyaan is on Twitter and chatting with fellow spacecraft Voyager, because this is how we live now.

The bravest of us all @NASAVoyager, having ventured out the farthest. We’re here for you.

— ISRO’s Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 26, 2014