Mangalayaan-Some less known facts.

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On a glorious day ,some glorious points about Mangalyaan:

1.This is India's first Mars mission, and no country but India has been fully successful on its first try. More than half the world's attempts to reach Mars - 23 out of 40 missions - have failed, including missions by Japan in 1999 and China in 2011.
2.The spaceship  travelled780 million-kilometre (485 million-mile) journey to orbit Mars and survey its geology and atmosphere.

3.It will come as close as 227 miles to the surface of Mars.

4.The instruments on the spaceship are mostly solar powered.

5.They are up to understanding the climate there.

6. In addition, it will gather data on Methane(essential for existence of Life)
7.Mangalyaan was developed from technology tested during the Chandrayaan mission(2008-09)