ISRO has been presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015

ISRO,the Indian space agency's low-cost Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission has been presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 by the US National Space Society. Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 was presented to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during May 20-24, 2015. National Space Society (NSS) of USA presented the award in recognition of ISRO's efforts in accomplishing Mars Mission in its very first attempt.