space hard MCQ

Which mission was the first to land a spacecraft on a comet?

  1. Rosetta
  2. Philae
  3. Hayabusa
  4. OSIRIS-REx

Answer: Philae

The Philae lander, part of the ESA's Rosetta mission, became the first spacecraft to soft-land on a comet (67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko) in November 2014.

Topic Space Missions - International
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, General Science