Latest Space General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

What is the name of the balloon â€“ borne instrument set to be launch by NASA to study heavy cosmic particles?

A)

Super LAMBA

B)

Super LION

C)

Super TIGER

D)

Super MAMA

Correct Answer : Super TIGER

The instrument, called the Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (Super TIGER), is designed to study rare heavy nuclei, which hold clues about where and how cosmic rays attain speeds up to nearly the speed of light.

2 .

Who is the first space tourist

A)

Richard Garriot

B)

Dennis Tito

C)

Jake Garn

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Dennis Tito

Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist, spent eight days at the International Space Station in 2001.

3 .

What is the name of event caused by the 3200 Phaethon asteroid around 15 December of every year?

A)

Perseid Meteor display

B)

Draconid Meteor display

C)

Lyrid Meteor display

D)

Geminid Meteor display

Correct Answer : Geminid Meteor display

The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit.

4 .

Which of the following are the smaller planets than the size of the Earth?

A)

Venus and Mars

B)

Neptune and Mars

C)

Uranus and Mars

D)

Neptune and Venus

Correct Answer : Venus and Mars

5 .

Who is the first female commander of a space shuttle

A)

Kalpana Chawla

B)

Eileen Collins

C)

Sunita Williams

D)

Barbara Morgan

Correct Answer : Eileen Collins

On her last mission, Eileen Collins became the first (and currently only) female Shuttle commander. On her next, she will command the historic STS-114 "Return to Flight" mission, the first after the Columbia tragedy.

6 .

What was the name of the spaceflight that carried Neil Armstrong to the moon

A)

Apollo-5

B)

Apollo-8

C)

Apollo-10

D)

Apollo-11

Correct Answer : Apollo-11

Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.

7 .

American astronaut Scott Joseph Kelly commanded the International Space Station Consecutively for 340 days on_____

A)

Expedition 22

B)

Expedition 25

C)

Expedition 26

D)

Expedition 31

Correct Answer : Expedition 26

Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46.

8 .

In which year did Ole Romer measure the speed of light for the first time in the history?

A)

1676

B)

1789

C)

1824

D)

1993

Correct Answer : 1676

In 1676, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644–1710) became the first person to measure the speed of light. Roemer measured the speed of light by timing eclipses of Jupiter's moon Io.

9 .

Fastest Indian supercomputer recently developed by ISRO

A)

PARAM 8000

B)

CRAY XC - 30

C)

SAGA-220

D)

PRATYUSH

Correct Answer : SAGA-220

Delivering 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second), SAGA-220 is easily the fastest supercomputer we have around. Built with a budget of Rs. 14 crore.

SAGA-220 (Supercomputer for Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220 teraflops) is a supercomputer built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was just inaugurated by K V Radhakrishnan 2 May 2011, Chairman, ISRO.

10 .

In 2015, underground glaciers of frozen water were discovered on

A)

Venus

B)

Mars

C)

Saturn

D)

Jupiter

Correct Answer : Mars

IN 2015, Scientists had discovered belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water equivalent to over 150 billion cubic metres on Mars. Scientist deducted the sources based on radar measurements from the NASA satellite and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.