This story is from October 1, 2014

MOM has no front camera to take a selfie

To a suggestion from @ESA_Rosetta, @MarsOrbiter replied: Awesome! @ESA_Rosetta, snack time selfie with Mars? This thing doesn't have a front cam :(
MOM has no front camera to take a selfie
HYDERABAD: Oh poor MOM! She doesn’t have a front camera to take a selfie!
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) ‘Mangalyaan’, now in Mars orbit, cannot take a selfie.
To a suggestion from @ESA_Rosetta, @MarsOrbiter replied: Awesome! @ESA_Rosetta, snack time selfie with Mars? This thing doesn't have a front cam :(

The European Space Agency’s @ESA_Rosetta is an ESA space probe at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko which studies the comet up close and send@philae2014 to its surface.

MOM cannot take a selfie but nevertheless it is showing us some wonderful things. No, it isn’t any sorcery out there in space but MOM exclaims:
“What sorcery is this? Get your 3D glasses to look at Mars the way I do!” And there’s a picture of Mars which comes out beautifully in front of your eyes.

Showing another picture @MarsOrbiter said: “Something's brewing here!”

MOM is also enthusiastic about other missions. “Thank you @elonmusk. All the best for your Mars plans! It'll be nice to have a little bit of home here,” she tweeted.

“The bravest of us all @NASAVoyager, having ventured out the farthest. We're here for you,” MOM said in another tweet.
The bravest of us all @NASAVoyager, having ventured out the farthest. We're here for you.
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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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