Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a space

Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit by maiden attempt ?

[amp_mcq option1=”USA” option2=”USA and Russia” option3=”India” option4=”China” correct=”option3″]

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UPSC NDA-1 – 2015

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit on September 24, 2014. This was India’s first interplanetary mission and it achieved orbit insertion on its very first attempt, a feat not accomplished by any other country or space agency before (USA, Soviet Union/Russia, and Europe had previous attempts, some successful, some not, before achieving orbit insertion).

India is the first country to successfully place a spacecraft into Mars orbit on its maiden attempt.

The Mars Orbiter Mission was a technology demonstrator project but also carried scientific payloads to study the Martian atmosphere and surface. Its success made India the fourth entity (after NASA, Soviet space program, and ESA) to reach Mars and the first in Asia.

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