Space Exploration | MCQs

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government

NASA is responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Headquarters: Washington

NASA Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower

NASA Founded: July 29, 1958

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The Hope Mars Mission, also called the Emirates Mars Mission, is the first uncrewed, interplanetary satellite  spearheaded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In fact, the Hope satellite is the first planetary science mission led by an Arab-Islamic country 03-May-2021.

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The first CZ-5 launched from Wenchang Space Launch Site on 3 November 2016 and placed its payload in a suboptimal but workable initial orbit.

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy.

24 December 2021: Planned launch date after a delay due to communication issues between the observatory and the Launch Vehicle

JWST was launched into space on 25 December 2021.

JWST is the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope developed by NASA.

JWST cost approximately $10 billion

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Space Shuttle Atlantis completed STS-135,

its 33rd and final mission landing on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on July 21, 2011.

It was the 20th night landing at KSC (78 total)
And the 26th night landing in the history of the Space Shuttle Program

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Badr-A was the first artificial and the first digital communications satellite launched by Pakistan's national space authority 
Badr-A  Launch date: July 12, 1990
Badr-A Launch mass: 52 kilograms (115 lb)
Badr-A Last contact: 21 August 1990
Badr-A  Decay date: 9 December 1990
Badr-A  Mission duration: 35 days (achieved)

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Know all about India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3

Launched on 14 July 2023

Launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh

On 23 August 2023, India became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole

Chandrayaan means Mooncraft

Chandrayaan is a Sanskrit word

Chandrayaan-3 is the third Indian lunar exploration mission under the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan programme.

Chandrayaan-3 consists of a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan

The propulsion module carried the lander and rover configuration to lunar orbit in preparation for a powered descent by the lander.

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The Copernicus project, under which the wind-sensing satellite “Aeolus” was launched, is a joint venture of the European Union and European Space Agency.

The project aims to provide comprehensive environmental monitoring using satellite data.

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Valentina Tereshkova was the First woman and Youngest woman in space (age 26).

Mission name: Vostok 6 mission on June 16, 1963.

Valentina Tereshkova belong to the Soviet Union (Russia)

2nd women to space was 

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