The Indian space station planned as a long term goal of the Indian space programme is named:
- A.Bharatiya Antariksh Station
- B.Gaganyaan Station
- C.Aryabhata Station
- D.Vikram Station
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Bharatiya Antariksh Station. When the government set longer term goals for the space programme in 2023, it named an Indian space station, the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, and an Indian crewed landing on the Moon. Gaganyaan is the first step towards both, because the same technologies of life support, docking, re-entry and recovery are needed.
Option B is wrong because Gaganyaan is the name of the crewed flight programme and its spacecraft, not of a station. Option C is wrong because Aryabhata was India's first satellite, launched in 1975 with Soviet help. Option D is wrong because the name Vikram, after Vikram Sarabhai, was given to the Chandrayaan-3 lander and to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. Attaching each name to the right object is exactly what this kind of question checks.
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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
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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
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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 →Rakesh Sharma travelled to space in 1984 aboard which spacecraft?
- A.Vostok 1
- B.Soyuz T-11
- C.Apollo 11
- D.Shenzhou-5
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Rakesh Sharma flew on Soyuz T-11, launched from Baikonur on 2 April 1984, and docked with the Soviet space station Salyut 7.
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
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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
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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.
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