ISRO scientists deserve all the praise for crowning India as the first country to place Mars orbiter in the orbit of the red planet in its maiden attempt. A visibly very happy prime minister has rightly described this accomplishment as one which will go down as landmark in history. The success is more impressive as it has been achieved at a price tag of just Rs 450 crore. With today's spectacular success, ISRO joins an elite group of only three other agencies in the world which have successfully reached red planet. The pay load includes all state-of-the-art equipments to carry out observations of the physical features of the Mars and also to carry out a limited study of the Martian atmosphere. The equipments which orbiter carries are: Lyman Lpha Photometer to measure the relative abundance of deuterium and hydrogen from Lyman- alpha emission; Methane Sensor for Mars to measure methane in the Martian atmosphere, and thus determine past existence of life; Mars Colour Camera to capture images and information about the surface of Mars and its composition; Mars Exopheric Neutral Composition Analyser, which is a spectrometer; and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer to map surface composition and mineralogy of Mars. Mars Orbiter Mission was launched Nov 5, 2013, on board a polar rocket from spaceport Sriharikota.