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UPSC shows special attention in Space Projects
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
successfully tested supersonic landing
parachute that will be deployed in its Mars rover mission set to launch in
2020.
The mission will rely on special parachute to slow spacecraft down
as it enters Martian atmosphere at over 5.4 kilometres per second. It was first
of several tests in support of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
Key Facts
The Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation
Research Experiment (ASPIRE), mission’s parachute-testing series was launched
on 17.7-metre-tall Black Brant IX sounding rocket for evaluation of ASPIRE
payload performance.
Mars 2020 mission
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will seek signs of
ancient Martian life by deploying rover for investigating evidence in place and
by caching drilled samples of Martian rocks for potential future return to
Earth. It will carry out search by conducting drills for core samples
that may contain proof of microbial life from the past. The rover will also
examine different methods to create oxygen from Mar’s atmosphere.
Q1. NASA’s ASPIRE project is related to
a) Studying Moon Gravity
b) Supersonic landing parachute
c) Gravitational wave detector
d) Mission to revolve around Saturn
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has approved second extension of Dawn mission
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has approved second extension of Dawn mission
Q2. Consider the following.
1. Ceres is an exoplanet.
2. It positioned between Mars and Jupiter
3. Dawn mission is to study Ceres.
Chose the correct option.
a) Only 1
b) Both 1 and 3
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