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    1.

    Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft

    Country – India | ISRO

    Purpose – Landed on the Moon South


    Pole to Explore Water Resources

    Rover – Pragyan , Lander - Vikram


    2. Luna 25 Spacecraft

    Country - Russia

    Purpose – Aimed to land near the lunar


    south pole . However, the mission
    unfortunately failed.
    3. MS-23 Soyuz Spacecraft

    Country - Russia

    Purpose – Transporting Crew to the


    International Space Station
    4. MAVEN Spacecraft

    Country – USA

    Purpose – Study the Martian


    atmosphere ( Mars ) and its evolution.
    5. JUICE Spacecraft

    Country – European Union

    Purpose – Explore the Moons of


    Jupiter

    JUICE stands for Jupiter Icy Moons


    Explorer.
    6. Geotail Spacecraft

    Country – NASA and JAXA

    Purpose – Study the Earth’s


    magnetosphere for 30 Years.
    7. Soyuz Spacecraft

    Country - Russia

    Purpose – The spacecraft is carrying supplies


    and equipment to the ISS crew (International
    Space Station )
    8. Magellan Spacecraft

    Country – USA

    Purpose – To map the surface of Venus -


    Images of Venus’ surface, indicating the
    presence of active volcanoes
    9. OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

    Country – USA

    Purpose – Collecting samples from the


    asteroid Bennu.
    10. Shenzhou 16 Spacecraft

    Country – China

    Purpose – Carrying China first


    civilian astronaut into space.
    11. Aditya L1 Spacecraft

    Country – India | ISRO

    Purpose – To study the Sun’s ever-changing behavior


    and how it affects Earth’s climate.

    Note – It will be placed in a special orbit around a stable


    point between the Sun and Earth, called the Sun-Earth
    Lagrange point 1 (L1).
    12. SLIM Spacecraft

    Country – Japan

    Purpose – To transform lunar exploration with its


    exceptional ability to land precisely on the Moon’s
    surface

    Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)


    13. Psyche Spacecraft

    Country – USA | National Aeronautics and


    Space Administration (NASA)

    Purpose – First mission aimed at studying an


    Asteroid 16 Psyche that is
    composed predominantly of metal rather than
    rock or ice.
    14. Lucy Spacecraft

    Country – USA | National Aeronautics and Space


    Administration (NASA)

    Purpose – The solar-powered mission is


    estimated to be over 12 years long, during which
    the spacecraft will visit 10 different asteroids (
    includes Jupiter Trojan Asteroids ) covering a
    distance of about 6.3 billion km to deepen the
    understanding of the “young solar system”.
    15. ESCAPADE Spacecraft

    Country – USA | National Aeronautics and Space


    Administration (NASA)

    Purpose – To study the planet Mars.

    Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers


    (ESCAPADE )
    16. XPoSat

    X – Ray Polarimeter Satellite

    Country – India

    Purpose – To study X Ray Polarisation & its Cosmic


    Sources Like Black Holes ,Neutron Stars & Magnetars.

    Rocket Used – PSLV – C 58

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