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