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Jupiter
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Mars
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Uranus
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is expecting to launch the Venus mission Shukrayaan by December 2024. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced two new robotic missions (DaVinci Plus and Veritas) to Venus.
Detailed explanation-2: -ISRO’s Venus mission, called Shukrayaan I, was expected to be launched in December 2024. The idea was born in 2012; five years later, ISRO commenced preliminary studies after the Department of Space received a 23% hike in the 2017-2018 budget.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan, is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization on November 5, 2013. Mangalyaan was India’s first interplanetary mission. The indigenously-built space probe has been in the Martian orbit since September 24, 2014.
Detailed explanation-4: -Otherwise known as the Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (MOM 2), Mangalyaan 2 is ISRO’s second interplanetary mission to launch to Mars between 2021 and 2022. The mission will include a panchromatic camera, a radar, and a hyperspectral camera to understand early stages of Mars.