India is going to the Moon, yet again. ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission is set for launch on July 15, 2019.

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The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Chandrayaan-2, India’s Moon Mission

India is going to the Moon, yet again. ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission is set for launch on July 15, 2019.

Chandrayaan-2’s aim is to improve our understanding of the Moon — discoveries that will benefit India and humanity as a whole. Photo: ISRO

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The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Chandrayaan-2, India’s Moon Mission

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1. Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian lunar mission that will boldly go where no country has ever gone before, says ISRO. Which region is India's space agency talking about?

Unexplored Lunar crater to be named after landing

The Lunar North Pole

The Moon’s South Pole has craters that are cold traps and contain a fossil record of the early Solar System. Read more.

The Lunar South Pole

The Moon’s South Pole has craters that are cold traps and contain a fossil record of the early Solar System. Read more.

1. Chandrayaan-2 will make a soft landing on the lunar surface. How many countries have done so before India?

3

The U.S., Russia and China are the other countries to perform a soft landing on the Moon. Read more.

4

The U.S., Russia and China are the other countries to perform a soft landing on the Moon. Read more.

6

The U.S., Russia and China are the other countries to perform a soft landing on the Moon. Read more.

1. The Chandrayaan-2 Lander is named Vikram after Vikram Sarabhai, Father of the Indian Space Programme. What is the mission's rover called?

Rajanichar

The Rover can travel up to 500 m and leverages solar energy for its functioning. It can only communicate with the Lander. Read more.

Pragyan

The Rover can travel up to 500 m and leverages solar energy for its functioning. It can only communicate with the Lander. Read more.

Sthalaja

The Rover can travel up to 500 m and leverages solar energy for its functioning. It can only communicate with the Lander. Read more.

1. The Chandrayaan programme was first announced by...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003

Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the Moon Mission in his 2003 Independence Day speech. Read more.

Manmohan Singh in 2007

Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the Moon Mission in his 2003 Independence Day speech. Read more.

Narendra Modi in 2014

Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the Moon Mission in his 2003 Independence Day speech. Read more.

1. Chandrayaan-1, the present mission's predecessor, was launched on...

September 24, 2014

Chandrayaan-1’s most important finding was related to the question of water on the Moon. Read more.

November 5, 2013

Chandrayaan-1’s most important finding was related to the question of water on the Moon. Read more.

October 22, 2008

Chandrayaan-1’s most important finding was related to the question of water on the Moon. Read more.

1. What is the name of Chandrayaan-2's launch rocket?

PSLV-XL

The GSLV Mk-III is India's most powerful launcher to date, and has been completely designed and fabricated from within the country. Read more.

PSLV-C35

The GSLV Mk-III is India's most powerful launcher to date, and has been completely designed and fabricated from within the country. Read more.

GSLV Mk-III

The GSLV Mk-III is India's most powerful launcher to date, and has been completely designed and fabricated from within the country. Read more.

1. What is the difference between Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2 missions?

While Chandrayaan-2 has 14 payloads, Chandrayaan-1 had none at all

Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first deep space mission. Read more.

Chandrayaan-1 had crashlanded on the Lunar surface

Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first deep space mission. Read more.

Chandrayaan-1 was actually a failure

Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first deep space mission. Read more.

1. Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to land in a high plain between two Lunar craters. One is Manzinus C. Name the other.

Simpelius N

Moon provides the best linkage to Earth’s early history. It offers an undisturbed historical record of the inner Solar system environment. Read more.

Seleucus A

Moon provides the best linkage to Earth’s early history. It offers an undisturbed historical record of the inner Solar system environment. Read more.

Clavius F

Moon provides the best linkage to Earth’s early history. It offers an undisturbed historical record of the inner Solar system environment. Read more.

1. Chandrayaan-2’s Orbiter will be capable of communicating with the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu, near Bengaluru, and the Lander. It will be placed in a 100x100 km lunar polar orbit. What is the Orbiter's mission life.

One year

Chandrayaan-1 lost contact on August 28, 2009, way before the spacecraft’s planned two-year lifetime. Read more.

10 years

Chandrayaan-1 lost contact on August 28, 2009, way before the spacecraft’s planned two-year lifetime. Read more.

Three years

Chandrayaan-1 lost contact on August 28, 2009, way before the spacecraft’s planned two-year lifetime. Read more.

1. The Chandrayaan-2 module can boast of at least three unique features: the most powerful launch vehicle to date and a wholly indigenous rover. Which is the third?

First commercial Moon mission

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved Chandrayaan-2 on September 18, 2008. Read more.

Algorithm wholly developed by India's scientific community

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved Chandrayaan-2 on September 18, 2008. Read more.

First mission to use Moon ice as fuel

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved Chandrayaan-2 on September 18, 2008. Read more.

The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Chandrayaan-2, India’s Moon Mission

The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Chandrayaan-2, India’s Moon Mission

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