Vyommitra, associated with the Gaganyaan programme, is:
- A.A half-humanoid robot
- B.A new cryogenic engine
- C.The ground control station
- D.The spacesuit designed for the crew
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, a half-humanoid robot. Vyommitra, a name built from vyom for sky and mitra for friend, is a half-humanoid robot developed by ISRO to fly on an uncrewed Gaganyaan mission. It has a head, arms and a torso but no legs, and it is meant to sit in the crew seat, monitor cabin parameters, operate switches and report back, so that the systems a human crew will depend on are tested first.
Option B is wrong because the cryogenic engines of the LVM3 have their own designations. Option C is wrong because mission control works from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network and the Mission Control Centre, not from anything called Vyommitra. Option D is wrong because the Indian crew's spacesuit is a separate development and carries no such name. Questions on this topic usually pair Vyommitra with the uncrewed test flights.
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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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