Consider the following statements regarding the ESCAPADE mission: 1. It is NASA's first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars. 2. ESCAPADE was recently launched by SpaceX. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

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Q. Consider the following statements regarding the ESCAPADE mission:
1.It is NASA’s first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars.
2.ESCAPADE was recently launched by SpaceX.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation:

Statement 1 is Correct. ESCAPADE is NASA’s first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars, designed to study the planet’s magnetosphere and plasma environment.
Statement 2 is Incorrect. ESCAPADE was launched by Blue Origin, not SpaceX.

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