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1. Prologue2. The Basics

1. Basic: What does ISRO do?2. Basics: ISS3. Basics: Tiangong and Shenzhou4. Basics: Atlantis Space shuttle5. Basics: Soyuz spacecraft6. Basics: spacewalking7. Basics: Dragon capsule8. Basics: Antisatellite missiles

3. Space programs: India1. India’s Launch Vehicles: PSLV vs GSLV2. India’s Satellites: IRS vs INSAT3. ISRO’s 100th mission4. India’s own GPS: IRNSS5. GAGAN6. Space Vision India 20257. Cryogenic Engine8. Chandrayaan19. Mars Mission

4. Space programs: USA (NASA)1. USA: MARS related2. Curiosity3. Gale Crater



4. Black Beauty5. NASA: Moon related6. Ebb and Flow, Sally Ride7. GRAIL8. LCROSS9. MoonKAMs10. NASA: Misc. Missions

5. Space Programs: Russia6. Space Programs: China

1. Beidou2. HXMT3. Shenzhous104. Shenzhous9

7. Space Programs: Other countries8. Telescopes

1. Ground telescopes2. Square Kilometre Array (SKA)3. Solar telescope4. Space telescopes5. Herschel6. HXMT7. Kepler8. NuSTAR

9. PIN: Persons in News (Space)10. Mock Questions

Prologue

Previous I released two Current Affairs compilations (201213)

1. Persons in news, books, sports, Misc.GK = click me2. Defense, missiles etc= click me.

Now moving to the third article on the series: Space tech.

http://mrunal.org/2013/02/misc-gk-persons-in-news-2012-13-sports-books-awards-for-ssc-cgl-sbi-po-upsc-csat.html

http://mrunal.org/2013/03/defense-current-affairs-compilation-2012-13-missiles-joint-exercises-operations-organizations.html



For competitive exams, the Space tech is further divided into two parts:

Part What? Source

1. Theory/ static

Basic info on planets, stars, supernova, big bangtheory, blackholes etc.

NCERT science textbooks/ GSManual / GK books.

2. Currentaffairs

Various space programs, satellites telescopes,astronauts in news. Newspaper, magazine, internet.

When it comes to MCQs (space tech):

Both theory and current affairs are important for For SSC CGL (Tier 1), UPSC CSAT, CDS, NDA,CAPF, State PSC prelims exams.However, for IBPS, SBI, LIC type exams, they usually dont go into theory. If they want to ask spacerelated questions, they generally ask it from the current affairs portion.

When it comes to Descriptive paper (Mains) of UPSC / State PSC

For space tech related questions, only current affairs is important (mostly 2 marker, 5 markerquestions.) The theory portion doesn’t come into picture, in the descriptive papers.The best way to prepare ^this (for mains)= maintain notes out of newspapers and magazinesthroughout the year, and revise it often.

Mainly there are two types of players in competitive exam (based on their approach for SpaceTech):

1. Those who donot prepare space tech at all, thinking “Thik hai…for 23 marks, why bother at all!?”2. Those who prepare too much space tech e.g. On April 18, 2001, at 04.22PM, GSLV1 was

launched. Its weight was 1540 kg and height was 49m….

Either approach is dangerous. Keep the middle path.

The Basics



before dwelling into ready revision of SpaceTech current affairs, I’m going to write about a fewbasic concepts.Please note: following ‘basics’ are not necessarily technically correct. They’re just meant to help youvisualize and remember things.

Basic: What does ISRO do?

1. When something is sent to space, it can be Manned (with astronauts) or Unmanned (withoutastronauts).

2. The unmanned missions have two things:

ExamplesOne Launch Vehicle PSLV, GSLVOne or More Satellite(s) INSAT, RISAT, CARTOSAT.

sometimes, instead of satellites, it can be rovers, space telescopes.

The Launch Vehicle (e.g. PSLV, GSLV) sends the satellite(s) into the space.After covering a particular distance, the satellite (e.g. INSAT, GISAT) gets detached from theLaunch Vehicle.Then Satellite opens up its wings like a butterfly from cocoon. Those wings have solar panels, theyprovide electricity to the satellite.Satellite rotates around the earth and sends signals to and fro thus it helps in telecommunication,TV signal broadcasting, disaster/weather monitoring, sea navigation etc.If we put the satellite @35800 km in the equatorial plane, it’ll appear “fixed” from any point on earth,and we’ll call it a Geostationary satellite.And the Launch vehicle then returns back to Earth, usually falling in the ocean or uninhibited land.The scientists collect the launch vehicle and reuse its parts for next mission.

Basics: ISS

ISS= International space station.ISS is like a hostel in the space. Astronauts go there, stay for some weeks/ months do someobservation, research, repairwork and come back home.



US, Japan, Russia, Canada and many other countries have invested in this ISS space station.But China is not a partner in ISS project. China wants to build its own Space station. That’s wereShenzhous9 and Tiangong1 come into picture.

Basics: Tiangong and Shenzhou

Tiangong1= means “heavenly palace”.This is China’s experimental space station. So this is the “hostel” for Chinese astronauts in space.Ok but how will you send Chinese astronauts to this “heavenly palace”? Ans. Via Shenzhouspacecraft.Shenzhou means “Divine vessel.”In 2012, China used this “divine vessel” (Shenzhou 9) to send its first female astronaut Liu Yang tothat “Heavenly palace” (Tiangong1)In 2013, China will send more astronauts to that Heavenly palace (Tiangong1), using Shenzhou10.

Basics: Atlantis Space shuttle

Ok recap again, to send satellites in the space, you need a launch vehicle (e.g. PSLV, GSLV).Similarly to send people into space, you need a space craft / rocket e.g. China’s Shenzhou.America’s Atlantis and Russia’s Soyuz also do the same thing.The Atlantis is a space shuttle of NASA. It looks like an airplane.Atlantis can be used for launching space telescopes, satellites as well as people in to the space, asper the mission requirements.And Atlantis can come back and land on earth like a regular airplane (except that during thelanding, Atlantis will open parachute to reduce its speed).It had carried 33 missions from 1985 to 2011Atlantis was retired in 2012.Columbia is another example of NASA’s Space Shuttle. But in 2003, it crashed during reenteringinto Earth’s atmosphere.India born female astronaut Kalpana Chawla died in this accident. We named our Weather satelliteafter her (KALPANA1).

Basics: Soyuz spacecraft



Just like China uses “divine vessel” (Shenzhou) to send people into space, similarly Russia usesSoyuz to send people into space.In 2012, three astronauts (including Sunita Williams) were sent to International space station (ISS)using Soyuz.

Basics: spacewalking

There are two types of missions/probes: Manned and unmanned.Manned = sending people into space.But what do people do in the space?

They go to moon, hoist the flag of their nations, E.g. Neil Armstrong.They spend a few months on the international space station (ISS) or Heavenly Palace(Tiangong) or similar “hostel” (space station. E.g. India’s first astronaut Rakesh Sharma spent8 days in a Russian space station.

But often the outside body a spacecraft/hostel (space station) requires some repairing, maintenanceor upgrades.So, when astronaut goes out of the spacecraft, wearing that white suit and ballon shaped helmetand does some walking/repairing work, that is known as “spacewalk”.Currently Sunita Williams holds the longest spacewalk record for females. (50+ hours). For males, itis Anatoly Solovyev (77+ hours).By the way, Sunita Williams also holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.(195 days).

Basics: Dragon capsule

Ok so far we know there are “hostels” in the space (e.g. ISS, Tiangong). People go there, spend afew weeks / months. But if it is a hostel, it’d require food and supplies.A private company (Space X) has designed the “Dragon capsule” to deliver the food and supplies tospace stations.It successfully delivered cargo to ISS space station in 2012.

Basics: Antisatellite missiles

We have learned the importance of launch vehicles, satellites and space stations.



But if an enemy shoots down our satellites then our banking and sharemarket system will collapse,Our army, navy and airforce will not be able to attack back effectively, and more importantly juntaawill not be able to watch IPL matches and saasbahu serials or log into facebook and orkut.Back in 2007, Chinese military used an AntiSatellite missile to destroy its own weather satellite.This made Americans (and Indians) very nervous.But we have AgniV missile. It has range of 5000kms. If we make some modifications in it, we canalso use it to destroy enemy satellites. So now China is also nervous.

Basics part is over. now let’s get to business: Space Tech related current affairs (201213) for rapidrevision. First we’ll look at the space programs of India, US, Russia, China and other countries. Thenwe’ll look at telescopes and Persons in News (Space)

Space programs: India

Carried out by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)Chairman=Dr. K. Radhakrishnan. He had replaced G Madhavan Nair. (First Chairman of ISRO wasVikram Sarabhai.)

HQ BangloreSatish Dhawan Spacecentre

Shriharikota, Andhra. We usually launch satellites from here. (or from FrenchGuiana in S.America).

Physics research lab AhmedabadAntrix Banglore

India’s Launch Vehicles: PSLV vs GSLV

PSLV GSLV

Polar satellite launch vehicle Geosynchronous satellite launchvehicle

Can carry upto 1600 kg satellite 2500kg

Used for launching Indian remote sensing satellites (IRS) suchas CARTOSAT, RISAT, OCEANSAT, RESOURCESAT

For launching Indian Nationalsatellites (INSAT) such as INSAT 2E,3A…., GSAT2,8,12.



Latest version is PSLVXL. Can carry upto 1750 kg. It was usedto launch Chandrayaan, RISAT. And in future, it’ll be used forMars mission as well.

Next version is GSLV MKIII, cancarry upto 4000kg

India’s Satellites: IRS vs INSAT

IRS INSAT

Indian remote sensing satellites Indian National satellites (INSAT)Monitoring natural resources, crops,minerals, forest cover etc.

Telecom, TV broadcast, DTH, weather forecasting,telemedicine, teleeducation, search and rescue etc.

Launched using PSLV. Using GSLV.Examples of IRS = CARTOSAT, RISAT,OCEANSAT, RESOURCESAT Examples of INSAT= INSAT2E, 3A,…. And GSAT2,8,12.

Now let’s take a look at the satellites that have been in news recently (or mentioned in Yearbook)

Aditya1 For studying Solar Coronas.

Astrosate1 For astronomy.

CARTOSAT3

ISRO is building this remote sensing satellite.It can take images of earth with resolution of 0.25 meters.It’ll be used for cartography and high resolution mapping.

GISATGeo Imaging Satellite.It’ll be positioned 36,000 kms above the earth.It’ll be used for disaster management, border security.

This is India’s heaviest satellite so far.



GSAT10 It was ISRO’s 101st mission.It was launched French Guiana.It also carried second payload of GAGAN. (First payload of GAGAN wassent via GSAT8).

GSAT7It’ll increase India’s telecommunication signals.Indian Navy will also use it for communication.

INSAT2E after serving for 13 years, this satellite completed its mission life in 2012.

INSAT3DWeather satellite (meteorology), search and rescue operations.At present India’s meterological observation is done by two satellitesKalpana1 and INSET 3A. This INSAT 3D is more powerful and advanced.

RISAT1

RISAT1 is India’s first radar imaging satelliteIt can scan the earth surface during both day and night, even in cloudyconditions. So it is an all weather satellite.Use= paddy monitoring and management of natural disaster like flood andcyclone.It was launched using PSLVXL launch vehicle.

SARAL

IndoFrench satelliteSARAL= Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa.It was launched From Sriharikota, Andhra.It’ll be used for marine meteorology, oceanography climate monitoring etc.

ISRO’s first mission was to send aryabhatta Satellite into space. But at that time we did not haveour own launch vehicle, so we used a Russian launch vehicle.



Today ISRO has both Satellite + Launch vehicle. And we not only send our own satellites, we alsohelp other countries send their satellites into space, using our launch vehicles. (ofcourse after takingcash for providing the “Taxi/courier” service.)For these type of commercial activities, ISRO takes help of Antarix.Antarix is a Government owned company, it works as the marketing and commercial arm of ISRO.

ISRO’s 100th mission

ISRO’s 100th mission was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriarikota, AndhraPradesh.Here, ISRO launched two foreign satellites using PSLV launch vehicle. The name of satellites are:

1. SPOT 6: French satellite2. Proiteres: Japanese micro satellite

By the way, recall that ISRO’s 101st mission was GSAT 10. And GSAT 10 is the heaviest satelliteISRO has launched so far. (because 100th mission is extremely clichéd and blown out of proportion,so if UPSC wants to apply its BackbreakingTM move, it’d rather ask about 99th or 101st missionhahaha).

India’s own GPS: IRNSS

At present only three countries have their own global navigation systems

USA GPSRussia GLONASS. More discussed in earlier article click meChina Beidou

To deploy a global navigation system, you need to setup lots of satellites hovering around the world,so they can scan and sent pinpoint location of anywhere to anywhere.During the Iraq war, the Americans sent wrong GPS navigation signals to the Iraqi jets and missiles,therefore Iraqis could not attack Americans forces in accurate manner.Moral of the story = Don’t rely on other people’s navigation system.

http://mrunal.org/2012/12/diplomacy-putin-visit-kudankulam-glosnass-india-russia-summit-issue.html#301



For the short term, We (India) are designing our missiles and fighter jets in such way that they canuse both GPS (American) and GLONASS (Russian) signals for navigation. (so if we want to attackAmerica or its ally, we can rely on GLONASS and vice versa.)But for long term, we will need our own GPS like system. Therefore, ISRO is developing IRNSS.IRNSS= Indian regional navigational satellite system.Now if you connect the dots: we need our own GPS (IRNSS) so we can accurately attack enemies.And we will need our own Antisatellite missile, to shoot down satellites of enemies so their GPScannot work accurately.

GAGAN

GPS aided geo augmented navigation’ (gagan)It is a joint effort by the ISRO and the Airports Authority Of India (AAI).It’s main use is to help Air traffic control and helps pilots fly / land aircrafts in bad weather.But as the name suggests “GPS aided …” meaning it is not a separate independent navigationsystem. It depends on GPS (American navigation system). Therefore we need IRNSS.

Space Vision India 2025

This is what ISRO plans to for future:

1. Use satellites for rural connectivity, security and mobile services2. Increase imaging capability for natural resource management, weather and climate change studies3. Get better understanding of solar system and universe4. explore planets.5. Develop Heavy lift launcher6. Develop Reusable Launch Vehicles.7. Send Humans to space.

Cryogenic Engine

Cryogenic engines work at very low temperature.ISRO is developing cryogenic engines1. for GSLV launch vehicles.



2. for Chandrayaan2 moon missionearlier ISRO had tried this in 2010 but it was an #EPICFAIL.

Chandrayaan1

It was India’s first unmanned moon mission.It found evidence of water on Moon. It also did the surved the topography, craters, polar regionsand environment of Moon.This happened in 2008 hence too old and too clichéd to be asked for MCQs.ISRO is now working on Chandrayaan2 joint programme with the Russian Federal Space Agency,But Russians suffered a setback due to their Phobos grunt mission.

Mars Mission

India planning a Mars mission similar to Curiosity mission of NASA. (probably in October/November2013.)Mohan made official announcement about this during Independence day speech.Mars mission will be launched using PSLVXL.PSLVXL is the most powerful version of PSLV launch vehicle. Earlier it was used for ChandrayaanMission, RISAT and GSAT12.

This leads to Essay / group discussion / interview topic that when millions of Indians are suffering frompoverty and malnutrition, what’s point of spending crores of rupees on Moon and Mars mission? But thisarticle is written for MCQs, so let’s not dwell into that for the moment.

Space programs: USA (NASA)

NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration.There is no end to NASA missions either, but from the current affairs point of view, I would classifythem into three: 1) Mars related 2) Moon related 3) Misc.

USA: MARS related

Curiosity



This is Maha clichéd topic for MCQs but anyways…Name of the mission is MSL: Mars Science laboratory.Under this MSL mission, NASA launched Curiosity rover to Mars in 2011.In 2012, Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars surface.This mission has following aims

1. Did life ever exist on Mars?2. Find presence of water, and other life supporting elements.3. Collect data related to geology, radiation levels etc. for planning next manned mission to Mars.

Device onCuriosity Function

CHEMIN

Chemistry and Mineralogy instrumentIt is used for soil analysis on Mars.CheMin found that minerals on the Red Planet are similar to those found in volcanic soils in Hawaii

TLS

Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS)

Presence of methane in a planet’s atmosphere indicates that life may haveexisted in the past.TLS analysed a small sample of Martian air and detected very small amount ofmethane.

Gale Crater

Located on Mars planet.Curiosity rover landed here and found signs that water may have flowed in the past through thisGale Crater.

Black Beauty

It is a 320 gram space rock from Mars.



Discovered in Morocco’s Sahara Desert in 2011It contains more water than any other Martian meteorite previously found.could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars.

NASA: Moon related

Ebb and Flow,Sally Ride

Two NASA spacecraft — Ebb and Flow, equipped with MoonKAMs.They were orbiting around Moon since 2011 under GRAIL mission.But they did not have sufficient altitude or fuel to continue scienceoperations.Hence NASA team crashlanded them on Moon in Dec 2012.The place where they crash landed is named after Sally K. Ride,America’s first woman astronaut.

GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)To study the gravity field and geological structure of the Moon.

LCROSSNASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing satellite,It has detected presence of water locked inside the soil of moon.

MoonKAMsMoonKAM= Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students.The MoonKams captures images of the moon’s surface and sendsthem to the students for study.

NASA: Misc. Missions

Cassini It found evidence of water on Titan.Titan is the largest moon of Saturn planet.



DragonSpace X

Dragon capsule was designed by a private company “space X”. (and not byNASA)It delivered food, supplies and cargo to International space station.It was launched using Flacon 9 rocket.

Fire FlyCubesat

It is a small satellite designed by NASA aimed to capture the details of thelightening that happens in deep space.This will help solving the mystery of terrestrial gamma rays, or TGFs.

Keplertelescope

It is a space observatory of NASA.It is used for discovering earth like plants.

MercuryMessenger

Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System.NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has reported presence of waterice onMercury.

NuSTAR

NuSTAR (the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)It is a spacebased Xray telescope.NASA launched this under Pegasus mission.NuSTAR telescope will use high power Xrays to locate black holes, collapsedstars and supernova remnants.

PREDICCS

webbased tool for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment innearEarth, lunar and Martian space.It will provide critical information as preparations are made for potential futuremanned missions to the Moon and Mars.

Space Programs: Russia



LunaGlob

Robotic Lunar Mission in 2015.

Mars500Joint experiments conducted by EU, Russia, China for sending human missions onMars.

PhobosGrunt

Mars has two moons. Phobos is the largest of them.Russian sent Phobos gruntmission to study it. But the spacecraft failed and crashed into Pacific ocean.

Rus Name of the two seater spaceship developed by Russia

Soyuzrocket

Launched from Kazakhstan, carried three astronauts to International space station(ISS), including Sunita Williams in 2012.

Space Programs: China

Beidou

Before Beidou, only two countries had Navigation systems: USA= GPS andRussia= GLONASS.Beidou is China’s own version of global navigation system.Project will be fully operational by 2020.

HXMT

Hard xray modulation telescopeChina’s first space telescope.for studying blackholes. (recall that America’s NuSTAR is also meant forstudying blackholes).

Shenzhous10

China’s next manned space mission.It will also carry Chinese astronauts to Tiangong1.

It means “divine Vessel”.



Shenzhous9

Manned space mission of China.It carried China’s first woman astronaut Liu Yang to an orbiting moduleTiangong1.Tiangong1 means “Heavenly palace” it is China’s prototype for futurespace station similar to ISS.

Yaogan For crop assessment and disaster management.

Chinasat It is china’s new military communication satellite.

Space Programs: Other countries

Korea

Korea Space Launch Vehicle1 (KSLV1)South Korea will launch this satellite and gain entry to an elite global space clubthat includes Asian powers China, India and Japan.Earlier USA did not let S.Korea developed launch vehicles for the fear of arms racebetween North and South Korea.

IranPishgam =name of Monkey that was recently sent to space and returned back,under Iranian space mission. In Farsi, Pishgam = Pioneer.

Telescopes

There are two types of telescopes:

1. Those on the ground (e.g. SKA, Solar telescope in Ladakh) and2. Those in the space. (Kepler, NuSTAR, HXMT and Herschel.)

^this list is not exhaustive, but these telescopes were in news recently.

Ground telescopes



Square KilometreArray (SKA)

world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescopewill be completed in 2024Will be setup in South Africa and Australia.Applications: signal transport, signal processing, computing,software and data archivingIndia is actively involved in this project

Solar telescope

Also known as National Large Solar Telescope (NLST)Will be built in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir by Dept ofScience and Technology.This will be world’s largest solar telescope.Can work in both day and night.Will help in understanding sunspots: process of their creation anddecay.Sunspots and solar winds pose a threat to the communicationsystem on earth as well as space satellites.

Space telescopes

Herschel

largest space telescope ever launched (2009)It is named after Sir William Herschel who had discovered Uranusplanet.This telescope is in news, because soon its onboard liquid heliumsupply will be exhausted and it’ll stop working.Helium is required to cool the instruments on Herschele spacetelescope.

EU+US

HXMT

Hard xray modulation telescope

China’s first space telescope. China



for studying blackholes. (recall that America’s NuSTAR is also meantfor studying blackholes).

Kepler

Launched in 2009.To discover earth like planets.Kepler was a German astronomer who gave laws to describe themotion of planets around the Sun.

US

NuSTAR

NuSTAR (the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)It is a spacebased Xray telescope.NASA launched this under Pegasus mission.NuSTAR telescope will use high power Xrays to locate black holes,collapsed stars and supernova remnants.

US

PIN: Persons in News (Space)Liu Yang first Chinese woman astro.Neil Armstrong Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead.Sally Ride First American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate named after her.

Sunita Williams Longest space walk (female).Took command of international space station inSep 12.

Dr. K.Radhakrishnan ISRO Chairman.

Finally two topics:

1. CERN, God particle= http://mrunal.org/2012/08/sntcern.html2. Blue Moon= http://mrunal.org/2012/08/sntbluemoon.html

Ok so these were the notable Space tech related events/ terms happened during Jan 2012 to March2013. If you feel any important thing was missed, or if there is any correction, do write it in the commentsbelow.

http://mrunal.org/2012/08/snt-cern.html

http://mrunal.org/2012/08/snt-blue-moon.html



Mock Questions

1. Which of the following country is not associated with International space station?a. Canadab. Russiac. Japand. China

2. Correct Statementsa. Tiangong1 is the experimental space telescope of China.b. Shenzhou9 is the name of Chinese space stationc. Bothd. None

3. Longest spacewalk record for Female Astronauts is held bya. Kalpana Chawlab. Sally Jamesc. Liu Yangd. Sunita Williams

4. Which of the following is not a telescope?a. Hubbleb. Keplerc. NuStard. Beidou

5. Incorrect Statementa. Antrix is a privately owned company of Airtel.b. Antrix is the commerical and Marketing arm of ISROc. Bothd. None

6. Find Incorrect Matcha. French Guiana=in North Africab. Satish Dhawan Space centre=Banglorec. Physics Research lab= Puned. All of above

7. Correct Statements about Dragon Capsulea. It was designed by Nasa



b. It was used for delivering cargo to International space station.c. Bothd. None

8. Incorrect Statementsa. Indian Remote Sensing satellites are launched using GSLV.b. Indian National satellites are launched using PSLV.c. Bothd. None

9. Correct Statements about PSLVXLa. It is a launch vehicle, used in Chandrayaan.b. It’ll be used in India’s Mars Mission.c. Bothd. None

10. Incorrect statements about Indian remote sensing satellitesa. They are used for monitering natural resources.b. They’re launched using GSLV.c. CARTOSAT and RISAT are examples of Remote sensing satellites.d. None of Above.

11. Incorrect Matcha. Aditya: Solar Coronasb. Cartosat3: high resolution mappingc. GSAT10: India’s heaviest satellite so fard. SARAL: IndoJapanese Tsunami prediction satellite.

12. Correct Matcha. Spot6: Japanb. Proiteres: Francec. Beidou: Japand. None of above

13. Find the Odd sequencea. GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSSb. NuSTAR, HXMT, Herschelc. GAGAN, PISHGAM, SARALd. None of Above

14. which of the following country doesn’t have its own Global Navigation system?



a. Russiab. Chinac. Japand. None of Above

15. which of the following is not the main aim of ISRO’s Space vision 2025?a. Develop reusable launch vehiclesb. Develop India’s own space station.c. Send humans to spaced. Use satellites for rural connectivity, security and mobile services.

16. Name of the mission under which Nasa sent a rover to Mars in 2011?a. MSLb. Curiosityc. Pegasusd. None of Above

17. Gale Crater is located ina. Mercuryb. Saturnc. Marsd. Moon

18. Black Beauty is a space rock froma. Moonb. Marsc. Saturnd. Mercury

19. Who/ What is Sally Ride?a. First female astronaut of USAb. A Place on Moon where two NASA spacecrafts crashlanded.c. Both of aboved. None of Above

20. What is the purpose of GRAIL mission?a. Study the gravity field of Moonb. Study the gravity field of Marsc. Study the gravity field of Mercuryd. Study the gravity field of Venus



21. Correct Statementa. Titan is one of the moon of Marsb. Phobos is one of the moon of Saturnc. Bothd. None

22. What is/ are common between NuSTAR and HXMTa. Both will are space telescopes used for finding black holes.b. Both are launched by NASA under Pegasus mission.c. Both A and Bd. Neither A or B

23. Beidou is thea. Space station of Chinab. Mars mission of Chinac. Global navigation system of Chinad. None of above

24. World’s Largest radio telescope:a. Herschelb. HXMTc. Hubblesd. Square Kilometer Array

25. In 2012, Sunita Williams went to ISS using which of the following spacecraft?a. Atlantisb. Discoveryc. Soyuzd. None of Above

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