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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Mangala Mani. Mangala Mani is Isro’s first woman scientist who spent over 403 days in Antarctica. Mani was the only woman in a 23-member expedition team that went to India’s research station in the icy continent in November 2016.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sanika Athavale. Mangala Mani from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is the first woman scientist to spend 403 days in Antarctica. She has forged history with this achievement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meet Captain Harpreet Chandi, first Indian-origin woman to trek solo to South Pole.

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’.