Latest Space General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Mangalyaan was launched in

A)

2009

B)

2011

C)

2013

D)

2016

Correct Answer : 2013

The “Mission Mangalyaan”, also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was initially estimated to survive around six months, but it is still active and has captured the seasonal variations of the red planet for two Martian years.

2 .

When was the ASLV used in India for the first time?

A)

1987

B)

1989

C)

1992

D)

1998

Correct Answer : 1987

The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle or Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle, also known as ASLV, was a Small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO. This project was started by India during the early 1980s to develop technologies needed for a payload to be placed into a geostationary orbit. Its design was based on Satellite Launch Vehicle. ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.

The ASLV made four launches, of which one was successful, two failed to achieve orbit, and a third achieved a lower than planned orbit which decayed quickly. The type made its maiden flight on 24 March 1987, and its final flight on 4 May 1994.

3 .

The first Indian communication satellite was

A)

Aryabhatta

B)

APPLE

C)

Bhaskara-I

D)

Chandrayaan-I

Correct Answer : APPLE

Indian First Communication Satellite – APPLE : Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment, APPLE was an experimental communication satellite successfully launched by Ariane-1, from Kourou, French Guiana on June 19, 1981, exactly 35 years back, marking an important milestone in India's space programme. APPLE was designed and built as a sandwich passenger-carrying Meteosat on top and CAT (Capsule Ariane Technologique) module below. It was boosted into Geo-Synchronous Orbit (GSO) by ISRO's own apogee motor derived from the fourth stage motor of the SLV-3. APPLE spacecraft was designed and built in just two years with limited infrastructure in industrial sheds. It gave ISRO valuable hands-on experience in designing and developing three-axis stabilized geostationary communication satellites as well as in orbit raising manoeuvres, in orbit deployment of appendages, station keeping, etc.

4 .

The major objective of INSAT series of satellites is to facilitate.

A)

TV relay to remote areas

B)

Internet services

C)

Mapping locations through GPS

D)

Mobile network in remote areas

Correct Answer : TV relay to remote areas

The major objective of INSAT series of satellites is to facilitate TV relay to remote areas. INSAT or Indian National Satellite System refers to a series of geo-stationary satellites launched by ISRO. These were designed to take care of telecommunications, meteorology, broadcasting, and search and rescue operations.

5 .

In 1969, who among the following was a part of the crew of spaceflight Apollo-XI?

A)

Pete Conrad

B)

Yuri Gagarin

C)

Alan Shepard

D)

Neil Armstrong

Correct Answer : Neil Armstrong

Apollo 11(XI) 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.

6 .

What is the number of Galilean moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610?

A)

2

B)

3

C)

4

D)

5

Correct Answer : 4

Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – four(4) satellites of Jupiter – are popularly referred to as the Galilean moons. This is because these moons were discovered by the famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in January 1610. And that discovery brought about astronomical changes to our perception of the solar system.

7 .

In which year did Yuri Gagarin become the first person in space

A)

1957

B)

1961

C)

1963

D)

1965

Correct Answer : 1961

Yuri Gagarin, in full Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin, Russia]—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.

8 .

On which year the disaster of Space Shuttle Columbia happened in which accident Kalpana Chawla died

A)

1997

B)

2000

C)

2003

D)

2005

Correct Answer : 2003

Streaks of burning debris from the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Columbia as it broke up over Texas on February 1, 2003. The accident killed all seven astronauts aboard the craft. Columbia, which had made the shuttle program's first flight into space in 1981, lifted off for its 28th mission, STS-107, on January 16, 2003.

9 .

What was the name of the first space shuttle on which Kalpana Chawla flew to space in 1997

A)

Columbia

B)

Discovery

C)

Atlantis

D)

Endeavour

Correct Answer : Columbia

Chawla's first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87. The shuttle made 252 orbits of the Earth in just over two weeks.

10 .

INSAT-3D, India's newest weather satellite in 2013 was launched from

A)

USA

B)

French

C)

Rusia

D)

India

Correct Answer : French

India's Advanced Weather Satellite INSAT-3D Successfully Launched. India's Weather Satellite INSAT-3D, carrying advanced weather monitoring payloads, was launched successfully in the early hours of today (July 26, 2013) by Ariane-5 (VA214) launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.

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