India's Mars satellite successfully enters orbit, bringing country into space elite

Prime minister Narendra Modi exultant as Indias landmark achievement puts China in the shade India has become the first nation to send a satellite into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, and the first Asian nation to do so.Mission control in the southern Indian city of Bangalore received confirmation of the success at 7.41am Wednesday, local time. The satellite Mangalyaan had entered the orbit of the red planet 12 minutes earlier, but the message needed to traverse the 400m miles (650m km) ...