GK on Universe and Space 1-Sun was born roughly 4.6 billion years ago. 2- The diameter of Sun is 1,392,684 km (865,374 mi). 3-The distance between sun and earth is 92,960,000 miles (149,600,000 km) 4-Sun’s Chemical Composition are 71% of Hydrogen, 26.5% Helium and2.5% of other elements. 5-Which planet is known as the Morning Star … Read more
Questions on Space science 1- INSAT I-B was launced from Cape Canaveral (Florida) on (a) SEP, 1983 (b) SEP, 1984 (c) SEP, 1988 (d) None Ans -SEP, 1983 2-India’s satellite launch-pad is located at (a) Shri Hari Kota (b) Thumba (c) Ahmedabad (d) Dehradun Ans- Shri Hari Kota 3-The code name of the first vehicle … Read more
Space Facts – 1-There may be 20 trillion galaxies in the Universe. 2-For a satellite or a spacecraft to stay in orbit 200 km above the earth, it has to fly over 8 km/sec. 3-Saturn’s rings are sets of thin rings of ice, dust and tiny rocks, which orbit the planet around its equator. 4-The … Read more
A pair of NASA spacecraft Ebb and Flow tumbled out of orbit around the moon and crashed into the surface ending a mission that peered into lunar interior. The demise of Ebb and Flow comes on the same month as the 40th launch anniversary of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon. The … Read more