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Mars mission 'massive achievement', says B-Town

Darpan News Desk IANS, 24 Sep, 2014 09:19 AM

India Wednesday created space history by becoming the first country in the world to enter Mars' orbit in its maiden attempt. Expressing their joy, Bollywood stars say that it is a “historic” moment for all Indians.

India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) sped over 650 million km through deep space for over nine months to reach the Red Planet's orbit.

Here is what B-town tweeted:

Amitabh Bachchan: #Mangalyaan..Bharat Mata ki Jai!! Historic! Only country to have succeeded in first attempt, on budget less than Hollywood film! (sic)

Akshay Kumar: Woke up to the great news of #Mangalyaan, the cheapest Mars mission ever! What a great achievement. Congrats @ISRO #ProudIndian

Madhur Bhandarkar: Mangalyaan enters the Mars Orbit. An emotional & proud day for ISRO & all Indians as we have achieved this feat in first attempt! Jai Hind!

Abhishek Kapoor: Mangal mangal..#Mangalyaan.. Massive achievement for #ISRO Jai hind!

Shahid Kapoor: Mangalayan reaches Mars on 1st attempt. Big respect. #proudindian

Riteish Deshmukh: #Mangalyaan Every Indian should be proud of this achievement. Congratulations team @isro.

Nikhil Chinapa: Well done @isro! Now following @MarsOrbiter :)

Kunal Kohli: #ISRO #Mangalyaan #Mars #FirstAttempt #NeahNeahNeahNeahNeah

Sophie Choudry: Woohoo make some "space" ... #Mangalyaan coming through! Congrats @isro @MarsOrbiter ... First attempt successful! So awesome! #proudindian

Virr Das: I love how "Dude! Your MOM went to Mars" is now a legitimate and sensible sentence. Congrats!!!! #isro #Mangalyaan

Ranvir Shorey: Congratulations, @isro, and thank you for making us proud. Wish for more such moments.

Mohit Chauhan: #Mangalyaan... A historic n proud moment for every Indian. Congratulations is a small word... So is Thank you. #ISRO scientists take a bow!

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