Early in the morning, while most of us were probably in our beds, history was created as India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (M.O.M.) successfully entered the orbit of the red planet. The I.S.R.O. pulled off an incredible feat of frugal engineering and helped us join an elite club of space-faring nations to have accomplished this stellar feat. The internet has been abuzz and congratulations have been pouring in. Here are a few facts about the mission which every Indian would be proud of.

5. N.A.S.A. took 5 years to complete its “Maven” Mars Orbiter. The I.S.R.O. took just 15 months to complete Mangalyaan.

4. They even managed to make it weigh about 1,350 kilograms. That’s less than your average S.U.V.