1.7- Space Exploration

KPLO is South Korea's first lunar orbiter, which was was launched on 4 August 2022 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The orbiter, its science payload and ground control infrastructure are technology demonstrators. What is the official name of this orbiter given by Korea Aerospace Research Institute ?

• Hendarso

• Bambang

• Kanuri

• Danuri

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space in mid-2001. Identify this spacecraft which was used to launch this mission.

• Soyuz TM-34

• Soyuz TM-32

• Soyuz TM-31

• Soyuz TM-33

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight. It is the first production car launched into space and first to orbit the sun. There was as mannequin in a spacesuit, dubbed "Starman" occupies the driver's seat. The mannequin was named after a song "Starman" which was written and produced by whom ?

• David Bowie

• Lou Reed

• Bob Dylan

• Iggy Pop

Deep space exploration is the branch of astronomy, astronautics and space technology that is involved with exploring the distant regions of outer space. According to the definition by The International Telecommunication Union at what distance from the earth surface that starts "deep space" ?

• approx. 3 million km

• approx. 1 million km

• approx. 4 million km

• approx. 2 million km

Interstellar Heliosphere Probe is the current name for a proposed space program designed to explore the heliosphere and interstellar space. If the project procedes as proposed, IHP-1(first spacecraft) and IHP-2(second spacecraft) would leave the Solar System, becoming the first non-NASA probes to achieve this status. By which country/company this space mission was proposed to launch ?

• SpaceX

• China

• Japan

• South Korea

Tiangong is a space station being constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in low Earth orbit. It will have a mass roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station. What is the meaning of the word 'Tiangong' ?

• Palace in the Sky

• Harmony of the Heavens

• Quest for the Heavens

• Heaven in the Sky

NASA is headquatered at Washington D.C. Roscosmos is headquatered at Moscow. JAXA is headquatered at Tokyo. At which district CNSA is headquatered ?

• Haidian

• Mentougou

• Tongzhou

• Fengtai

The Blue Whale 1 is a orbital rocket that is planned to launch in 2022. It will become the smallest orbital rocket in the world with a mass of only 1790 kg. Name the manufacturing company of this orbital rocket.

• Firefly Aerospace

• Rocket Lab 

• Perigee Aerospace

• Exos Aerospace

How many Asian countries did orbital launches successfully in 2022 ?

• 6

• 7

• 5

• 4

The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) (launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) satellite) spacecraft was launched 12 August 1978, into a heliocentric orbit. It was the first spacecraft to be placed in a halo orbit at the L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange point and it became the first spacecraft to visit a comet. What is the name of this comet which ICE passed through the plasma tail ?

• 1P/Halley

• 21P/Giacobini–Zinner

• 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

• 2P/Encke