Q16.
Consider the following statements: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO 1. is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission 2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA 3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer
C
Explanation
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is India's first interplanetary mission, and the first Mars mission in the world to succeed Mars Orbit Insertion in first attempt. Statement 2 is not correct. Since the first successful flyby in 1965, four entities have successfully made it to Mars: NASA, the Soviet Union, the European Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organization.