UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2025

Consider the following space missions: I. Axiom-4 II. SpaDeX III. Gaganyaan. How many of the above space missions encourage and support microgravity research?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All the three
  4. None

Answer

Correct Answer

All the three

Explanation

Axiom-4 (a commercial crewed mission to the ISS involving an Indian astronaut), SpaDeX (ISRO's Space Docking Experiment, a precursor to future in-orbit/space station activities), and Gaganyaan (India's human spaceflight programme) all involve or support activities enabling microgravity research aboard spacecraft/space stations.

Topics: isro, science and technology, space missions