Question

which was the first mission to the moon by india?list its objectives

Answer 1

Chandrayan 1 is the India's first moon mission.

Objectives:

1. to design, develop, launch and orbit a spacecraft around the Moon using an Indian-made launch-vehicle
2. to conduct scientific experiments using instruments on the spacecraft which would yield data:
a. for the preparation of a three-dimensional atlas (with high spatial and altitude resolution of 5–10 m) of both the near and far sides of the Moon
b. for chemical and mineralogical mapping of the entire lunar surface at high spatial resolution, mapping particularly the chemical elements magnesium, aluminium, silicon, calcium, iron, titanium, radon, uranium, and thorium
c. to increase scientific knowledge
d. to test the impact of a sub-satellite (Moon Impact Probe — MIP) on the surface on the Moon as a fore-runner to future soft-landing missions
to detect water-ice on the Moon