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One of the first images captured by India's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft.
The first photo of Mars from India's Mangalyaan spacecraft $4.
Check out the view in the photo above from a height of 4,000 miles.
The image is, well, kind of meh $4, but it's still impressive, especially $4.
India was able to build the craft on the cheap by modeling it using computer software instead of constructing physical prototypes. The $74 million project was relatively inexpensive by space standards. $4
An ISRO official told the AFP that $4 and has already beamed back several pictures.
The Mangalyaan probe entered Mars' orbit on Wednesday, making India the first Asian country to successfully reach the red planet.