On September 24, 2014, India became the first nation to place a spacecraft into Mars' orbit on the very first try. They accomplished this feat on a budget that was less than that for the Hollywood space movie Gravity. Space MOMs is an inspiring dramatization of India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), told through the eyes of women engineers who helped make the mission a success. The heroines of Space MOMs are normal middle class working moms who help their kids with their homework, split house chores with their husbands, care for their aging parents--and who also happen to be rocket scientists working on an historic mission. They are at the same time ordinary and extraordinary. As they struggle to balance their brutal work schedules with the demands of their family lives, the Space Moms must overcome countless hurdles and setbacks. Space MOMs follows the stories not only of these engineers, but also of poor young girls who view them as role models. By following the story of the Space Moms in the news, these underprivileged girls are inspired to dream that they, too, can reach for the stars. This is an uplifting Girl Power story of underdogs fighting to triumph over impossible odds. Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes wear saris.
