Space – Easy Level – GK Questions

China had already demonstrated space docking before India's SpaDeX. India became the 4th country (after USA, Russia, China) to achieve this.

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) manages Italy's space program, contributing modules to ISS and developing Vega rocket with ESA.

Launched Oct 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 orbited for 92 days before burning up on Jan 4, 1958, though its radio signals lasted only 21 days.

UKSA is the executive agency of the UK government responsible for civil space policy, regulation, and international cooperation.

Saturn's mean density is 0.687 g/cm³, lower than water (1 g/cm³). Theoretically, if placed in a sufficiently large ocean, it would float.

Roscosmos is the State Corporation for Space Activities of the Russian Federation. Ukraine has its own space agency, SSAU.

Phobos ('fear') and Deimos ('terror') are Mars' two small, irregularly shaped moons, likely captured asteroids.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was formed on August 15, 1969, superseding the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) established in 1962.

Since Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006, Neptune remains the eighth and farthest known major planet from the Sun.

After an oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon in 1970, astronaut Jack Swigert reported, 'Houston, we've had a problem here.' The crew safely returned to Earth despite the crisis.

JAXA stands for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is responsible for research, technology development, and launch of satellites into orbit.

Neil Armstrong served as the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969.

Light travels at approximately 300,000 km/s in a vacuum, while sound travels at about 343 m/s in air. This is why we see lightning before we hear thunder.

The United States, through NASA's Apollo program, was the only country to successfully land humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two.

The Sun is not solid; it is a massive sphere of hot plasma (ionized gas). It generates energy through nuclear fusion in its core, converting hydrogen into helium.

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun.

The Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It is the only orbital launch site in India.

Polaris, the North Star, is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). It is closely aligned with the Earth's rotational axis, making it appear stationary in the sky.

Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 spacecraft. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman in space, but she was a US citizen at the time.

Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is located in the constellation Canis Major. It is the brightest star in the night sky.