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Who are the two female scientists to head India’s 2nd Moon mission Chandrayaan-2?
A
V R Lalithambika and Kriti Faujdar
B
Anuradha TK and Nandini Harinath
C
Minal Sampath and Tessy Thomas
D
Ritu Karidhal and Muthayya Vanitha
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Muthayya is the director responsible for the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro’s) ₹978 crore project from start to finish and Ritu Karidhal is the mission director coordinating the injection of Chandrayaan-2 into orbit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ritu Karidhal is commonly named as the “Rocket Woman” of India. She was also the deputy operations directions for the Mangalyaan project in 2013-2014. She was working very closely with Muthayya Vanitha all throughout the Chandrayaan 2 Mission.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vanitha is the first female Project Director of India’s inter-planetary mission. She passed out of the College of Engineering, Guindy here. The Chandrayaan-2 is the second moon mission and the first moon landing mission to be carried out by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Detailed explanation-4: -Ritu Karidhal is known as the ‘Rocket Woman of India’. She was the Mission Director of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Chandrayaan-2 is India’s lunar mission. She was the Deputy Operations Director of the ISRO’s Mars mission named ‘ Mangalyaan’.

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