Astronomy-Objective Related Question Answers
276. The landing craft used by Armstrong?
Eagle
277. The first communication satellite of the world?
278. ‘Atlantes’ is the name of space shuttle launched by?
USA
279. Name the space shuttle which exploded seconds after its launch and killed astronauts?
Challenger
280. Which space shuttle’s crew included Indian born Kalpana Chawla?
Columbia (in 1977)
281. Which space shuttle carried the revolutionary Hubble telescope?
282. Which space craft flew over the cloud tops and haze of the stormy planet the Neptune and its moon Triton before heading for the far reaches of space?
283. Which space shuttle’s major mission was the “Laser test” for controversial “star wars” anti - missile defence programme?
284. Crews of which two space shuttle shook hands in 1975, while in orbit?
Apollo (USA) and Soyuz (Russia)
285. Which spacecraft first discovered the immense Canyon system on Mars?
NASA’s Mariner 9 space craft in 1971
286. Name Japan’s first Lunar Satellite which was launched in September 2007 and successfully manoeuvred to crash into the moon on June 11, 2009?
Kaguya to study the moon’s origin and evolution
287. What is the Chinese term for astronaut?
Taikonaut
288. Name the Chinese first lunar probe which was launched into space on October 24, 2007 and impacted the moon on March 1, 2009?
289. First woman commander of space shuttle (Columbia)?
Eileen Collins
290. When did China make history in space - walk and by whom?
291. When did China join the elite space club of Russia and USA?
292. Which space craft confirmed ice on mars in June 2008?
Phoenix
293. Which robot space craft was launched on 4 May, 1989 by the US Space Shuttle to probe Planet Venus?
Magellan
294. When did NASA launch its Messenger Space craft to the planet Mercury?
3-Aug-04
295. To provide unique Information on Mar’s weather, climate and geology which space craft was sent to space by NASA on August 12, 2005?
Mars Reconnaissance orbiter
296. Name the British researchers, who using radar images from NASA’s Magellan probe, have found powerful evidence that there could have been life on Venus?
297. When did the European Space Agency (ESA) launch its first probe to Venus, the 1.3 tonne Venus Express?
9-Nov-05
298. Which probe failed to find any sign of life on Mars?
The Viking probes or path finder
299. Which space craft was the first space probe or artificial object to leave our Solar system?
The Pioneer Space Craft
300. When was Gravity Probe - B launched by NASA to test the famous theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein?
20-Apr-04
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