​Which of the following statement is/are INCORRECT about Chandrayaan-3?
1. With the successful landing of the Lander Module of ISRO’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, India has reached the Moon! It has also became the first country to land near the Moon’s south pole.
2. The Lander Module (LM) of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landing on the Moon’s surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country after the erstwhile USSR, the U.S. and China.
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Correct option is A

The correct answer is (a) Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

Both statements given are factually correct, hence the INCORRECT statement(s) is none.

Statement 1: Correct

• India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully soft-landed its lander module on the Moon's surface on August 23, 2023, at 6:04 PM IST.
• With this, India became the first country to land near the Moon's south pole, a region that has remained largely unexplored.

Statement 2: Correct

• Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023, aboard the LVM-3 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
• The successful landing on August 23, 2023, made India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the USSR (Russia), USA, and China.

Information Booster:

Parts of the Chandrayaa-3 Mission:

Propulsion Module (PM)

• Transfers lander to 100 km lunar orbit
• Carries SHAPE payload:
• Purpose: Spectro-polarimetric study of Earth’s light
• Goal: Explore habitability markers on exoplanets

Lander Module (LM) – Vikram

• Performs soft landing using Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS)
• Deploys the Rover Pragyan on lunar surface
• Mission Life: 1 lunar day (~14 Earth days)

Rover – Pragyan

• Conducts in-situ chemical analysis
• Autonomous navigation on Moon’s surface

Scientific Payloads

Lander Payloads:

Rover Payloads: