GS PrelimsScience and TechnologyUniverse and Space Technology2016

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?

A

1 only

B

2 and 3 only

C

1 and 3 only

D

1, 2 and 3

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

1. Statement 1 is correct. Mangalyaan, meaning 'Mars-craft' in Sanskrit, is the popular name for India's first interplanetary mission to Mars. Its official name assigned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). 2. Statement 2 is incorrect. While India became the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit, it was the fourth space agency globally to do so, after the Soviet space program, NASA (USA), and the European Space Agency (ESA). It was not the second country after the USA. 3. Statement 3 is correct. India (through ISRO) achieved the remarkable distinction of being the first nation in the world to successfully place its spacecraft into Mars orbit on its very first attempt.

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