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3) The Lander and Rover were supposed to
have a lifespan of only 14 days - hence, the
data collection would have been limited to

the collection of samples of the moon's

surface - to enable analysis of the mineral and
elemental content. Another Mission of the
Lander was to study the lunar atmosphere,

plot the temperature profile and measure
THE STORY OF
seismic activity.

CHANDRAYAAN 2
4) Chandrayaan 2 was scheduled to travel
3,84,000 kms from takeoff to touchdown.
Everything went as planned till 3,83,998 kms .

The Mission failed just 2 kms short of
touchdown - a mere 0.0005 % short.

5) Chandrayaan 2 was to be in motion for

67,700 minutes, from takeoff to touchdown.
Everything went perfectly till the last 7 minutes
before touchdown. This means an error

percentage of just 0.0001

6) Till now , only USA , Russia and China have
soft-landed on moon. None of them landed
The first US mission to the Moon
anywhere near the South Pole.
in August 17, 1958 - the launch of
Pioneer 0 was a failure.
Out of the total 109 moon-
landings attempted till now , 48
have failed.

v o l a t i l e U n c e r t a i n C o m p l e x A m b i g u o u s

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