Space Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. India’s human spaceflight programme; the first uncrewed test flight Gaganyaan-1 is planned for December 2025.
  2. 4. The path a satellite / spaceship takes around a planet, moon, or star
  3. 6. ISRO’s Space Docking Experiment — docking two satellites, making India the 4th country with docking capability.
  4. 7. As in Ladakh Human Analogue Mission (LHAM) in India simulating extra-terrestrial environment from November 2024 onward.
  5. 8. Instrument(ground or space)to observe distant objects (stars, galaxies, etc.)
  6. 10. Small rocky body in space; near-Earth these are studied for planetary defense
  7. 11. Joint NASA-ISRO Earth observation satellite launched in 2025, using dual-frequency radar to monitor changes on Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Robotic vehicle that moves across the surface of Moon or Mars
  2. 3. India’s first solar observatory mission, launched 2023, studying the Sun’s atmosphere in UV band.
  3. 5. A NASA mission (launched 2025) to survey the entire sky in infrared, map galaxies, study cosmic origins.
  4. 7. Also called Chandrayaan-4 or Lunar Polar Exploration— planned mission for lunar sample return in collaboration with Japan.
  5. 9. India’s lunar programme to explore Moon, its surface, and polar regions.