Space Science GK Quiz Questions
1. Starlink Internet Satellites is a world biggest space programme by which company?
SpaceX.
2. NASA Glenn Research Center at Ohio was founded in January 23, 1942. What type of research this center do?
Develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space.
3. Kraken Mare is very large Lake or Sea founded in the Moon of Saturn. On which moon of the Saturn this lake was founded?
Titan (this lake is more than 1,000 feet or 300 meters deep.
4. Rigel is a blue supergiant that is the brightest star in which constellation?
Constellation Orion.
5. By which mission in January 2021, space agency ‘SpaceX’ going to launch 143 different types of satellites into space?
Transporter-1 mission.
6. Who has been appointed as the Acting Administrator of NASA in January 2021?
Steve Jurczyk.
7. Which space agency is developing Starship mission to carry people and cargo to the moon, Mars and other cosmic destinations?
SpaceX.
8. To send satellites into space on multiple flights a day which company going to send it’s Mk-II Aurora space plane?
Dawn Aerospace.
9. Tiantong 1-03 communications satellite is belongs to which country space agency?
China.
10. Space Settlement Concept ‘O’Neill Cylinder ‘ was proposed by whom?
Physicist Gerard K. O’Neill.
11. According to the annual report release of global temperature data by NASA and NOAA, which year was hottest year on record?
2020.
12. Parker Solar Probe got closest approach to the sun on January 17, 2021 while traveling at what speed?
290,000 mph (470,000 kph).
13. To study of Asteroid Bennu, NASA’s send which spacecraft to the Asteroid?
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
14. Which spacecraft of NASA’s captured image of the blue haze around the dwarf planet Pluto?
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Probe.
15. ‘LauncherOne’ is a two-stage orbital launch vehicle. It is developed by whom?
Virgin Orbit (Space Launch Services Provider for small satellite).
16. ‘Space Launch System’ is a launch vehicle developed by which space agency in USA?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
17. ‘Vaonis’ is going to launch which smart telescope to make astrophotography much easier?
Vespera.
18. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was happened on which date?
January 28, 1986.
19. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity marked how many days on Mars (on January 12, 2021)?
3,000 Mars days.
20. Who is the author of the book “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” will launch in February 2021?
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
21. Which of the following phenomena cannot be observed on the surface of the Moon?
A. Rising and setting of the Sun
B. Solar eclipse
C. Motion of comets
D. Twinkling of stars
22. Which of the following planets has a revolution time which is shorter than its rotation time?
A. Jupiter
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Uranus
23. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Mars
D. Mercury
24. Which female astronaut spent the maximum time in space?
A. Lisa Norwak
B. Kalpana Chawla
C. Sunita Williams
D. None of these
25. Which planet has the fastest revolution time?
A. Mercury
B. Uranus
C. Neptune
D. Jupiter
26. An astronaut in outer space will observe the sky as
A. White
B. Black
C. Blue
D. Red
27. Which of the following planets rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of earth’s rotation?
A. Mars
B. Jupiter
C. Venus
D. Mercury
28. What is the average distance (approximate. between the Sun and the Earth?
A. 70 x 105 km
B. 100 x 105 km
C. 110 x 106 km
D. 150 x 106 km