India’s first-ever mission to Mars launched into space Tuesday, beginning the country’s first interplanetary mission to explore the solar system

With a thunderous roar, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission rocketed into space at 4:08 a.m. from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, where the local time was 2:38 p.m. An ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched the probe on its 300-day trek into orbit around the Red Planet.

"The journey has only just begun," said ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan after the successful launch

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