Not only is India the first country to succeed in its maiden attempt, it is also the cheapest. The entire Mars Orbiter Mission have been made ready at a record cost of Rs 450 crore or nearly $67 million.

Mangalyaan is the cheapest inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken anywhere in the world. At Rs 450 crore, it costs just about Rs 4 per person in India, according to an NDTV reports.

In comparssion, the American rover Curiosity which has been sitting on the surface of the Red Planet -- cost over a whopping two billion dollars.