Consider the following statements: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO1. is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attemptWhich of the statements given above is/are correct?
✓ Correct answer: c) 1 and 3 only
ExplanationMangalyaan/Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the maiden interplanetary mission of ISRO, was launched on PSLV-C25. It entered into Martian orbit in its first attempt.MOM had completed 1000 Earth days in its orbit well beyond its designed mission life of six months.Statement 1 and 3 are correct: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission.With this India became the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.Statement 2 is incorrect: It is India’s first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space Programme, NASA and the EuropeanSpace Agency.112
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