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It was launched by PSLV-C25 in 2013.
Focused on studying Martian atmosphere and methane
Is it Mangalyaan?
Sanskrit name meaning “Moon Craft.”
It carried NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper.
What is the Chandrayaan Mission?
A moon-sized space station built by the Empire in Star Wars.
Capable of destroying a whole planet with one shot.
Is it the Death Star?
High-energy radiations from space hitting Earth’s atmosphere.
In Fantastic Four, exposure to these gave the heroes their powers.
Are these Cosmic Rays?
Stunning light display caused by solar particles hitting Earth’s poles.
In Brother Bear (Disney), spirits appear through this phenomenon.
Is it Aurora (Northern Lights)?
A cloud of dust and gas where stars are born.
Also the name of the blue warrior in Guardians of the Galaxy
Is it a nebula?
Name of ISRO’s upcoming human spaceflight program
Targeted for launch in mid-2020s.
Is it the Gaganyaan mission?
Space telescope, launched in 2021, which observes primarily using infrared radiation
Has a 6.5 m gold-coated mirror
Is it JWST?
I am an eminent physicist who predicted that black holes emit radiation
I wrote "A Brief History of Time"
Are you Stephen Hawking?
I am known as the "Father of India’s space program"
I founded ISRO in 1969
Are you Vikram Sarabhai?
The brightest star in the night sky, called the “Dog Star.”
Shares its name with a star-themed wizard in Harry Potter.
Is it Sirius?
ISRO rocket which became the “workhorse” of India’s space program
Can launch upto 1.7 tons of satellite to lower Earth orbit.
Is it PSLV?
NASA mission which carried the “Golden Record” into interstellar space
Launched in the year 1977, it flew past outer planets like Jupiter and Saturn
Is it the Voyager Mission?
Provides coverage over India and 1,500 km around it.
Consists of 7 satellites.
Is it "India's GPS", NaviC?
I proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
My work was banned by the Catholic Church
Are you Nicolaus Copernicus?
Orbits Earth every 90 minutes, housing astronauts. Sandra Bullock struggles to reach it in Gravity.
Is it the ISS?
Apollo mission which nearly ended in disaster due to an oxygen tank explosion.
“Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
Is it the Apollo 13 mission?
India’s first satellite, launched in 1975 with assistance from the Soviet Union.
Named after an ancient Indian academician.
Is it the mathematician, Aryabhatta?
NASA spacecraft that has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016
Studies Jupiter’s magnetosphere
Is it the Juno spacecraft?
An icy body with a glowing tail when near the Sun.
The disaster movie Deep Impact featured one of its types, headed for Earth.
Is it a comet?