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10 questions

Space: India and the world in ten questions

From Aryabhata to Aditya-L1 — and the people and machines that took us off the planet.

1. What was India’s first satellite?
2. Near which part of the Moon did Chandrayaan-3 land in August 2023?
3. What is India’s Mars Orbiter Mission better known as?
4. Who was the first human in space?
5. Who was the first Indian citizen in space?
6. What does Aditya-L1 study?
7. Where is India’s main rocket launch site?
8. In which year did humans first walk on the Moon?
9. Which space telescope, launched in December 2021, sees mainly in infrared light?
10. What is the name of ISRO’s programme to fly Indian astronauts on an Indian rocket?