Rakesh Sharma travelled to space in 1984 aboard which spacecraft?
- A.Vostok 1
- B.Soyuz T-11
- C.Apollo 11
- D.Shenzhou-5
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, Soyuz T-11. Rakesh Sharma flew on Soyuz T-11, launched from Baikonur on 2 April 1984, and docked with the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The flight was part of the Interkosmos programme, under which the Soviet Union carried cosmonauts of friendly countries, and Sharma carried out experiments in biomedicine and remote sensing.
Option A, Vostok 1, carried Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, in April 1961. Option C, Apollo 11, was the American mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July 1969. Option D, Shenzhou-5, carried Yang Liwei in October 2003 and made China the third country to launch a human being into orbit on its own. Keeping these four spacecraft and their firsts apart is the point of the question.
Read the full article: Gaganyaan and Human Spaceflight: Mission, Vehicle, Astronauts
Practice Questions
View allThe Gaganyaan mission will be launched by which vehicle?
- A.PSLV-XL
- B.GSLV Mk II
- C.Human-rated LVM3
- D.SSLV
Show answer
Gaganyaan will fly on the LVM3, the heaviest Indian launch vehicle, modified and certified for carrying human beings and then written as HLVM3.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to travel to space?
- A.Rakesh Sharma
- B.Kalpana Chawla
- C.Ravish Malhotra
- D.Sunita Williams
Show answer
Rakesh Sharma, then a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force, became the first Indian in space on 3 April 1984.
Read the full explanation →The TV-D1 mission of October 2023 was conducted mainly to test which system of Gaganyaan?
- A.The cryogenic upper stage
- B.The crew escape system
- C.The docking mechanism
- D.The lunar lander legs
Show answer
TV-D1, the first test vehicle abort mission, was launched from Sriharikota on 21 October 2023.
Read the full explanation →The orbital module of Gaganyaan consists of:
- A.Crew module and service module
- B.Lander and rover
- C.Orbiter and propulsion module
- D.Crew module and cryogenic stage
Show answer
The crew module is the pressurised double walled cabin where the astronauts live, and it is the only part that returns to Earth, protected by a heat shield and lowered by parachutes.
Read the full explanation →ISRO's dedicated centre for the human spaceflight programme is located at:
- A.Thiruvananthapuram
- B.Bengaluru
- C.Ahmedabad
- D.Sriharikota
Show answer
The Human Space Flight Centre, set up in 2019 as the ISRO centre responsible for the Gaganyaan programme, works from Bengaluru, which is also the location of the ISRO headquarters, the U R Rao Satellite Centre and the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network.
Read the full explanation →