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What was ISRO known as before 1969?
What was ISRO known as before 1969?
INCOSPAR
In which city are the headquarters of ISRO located?
In which city are the headquarters of ISRO located?
Bangalore
What was the name of the first satellite launched by India?
What was the name of the first satellite launched by India?
Aryabhata
Who is considered the father of the Indian space program?
Who is considered the father of the Indian space program?
Who was the first human to travel to space?
Who was the first human to travel to space?
What was the name of the space shuttle on which Kalpana Chawla died?
What was the name of the space shuttle on which Kalpana Chawla died?
In which state is the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station located?
In which state is the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station located?
In which state is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located?
In which state is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located?
In which year the first man, Neil Armstrong, walked on the moon?
In which year the first man, Neil Armstrong, walked on the moon?
What is the full form of ISRO?
What is the full form of ISRO?
On which date ISRO was established?
On which date ISRO was established?
What was the name of the first rocket launched in India?
What was the name of the first rocket launched in India?
What is the name of the launch vehicle Rakesh Sharma used to go to space?
What is the name of the launch vehicle Rakesh Sharma used to go to space?
What is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre primarily known for?
What is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre primarily known for?
In which country did Neil Armstrong landed on the moon?
In which country did Neil Armstrong landed on the moon?
What is the main focus of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing?
What is the main focus of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing?
In which city is the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing located?
In which city is the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing located?
In which year was Satish Dhawan Space Centre established?
In which year was Satish Dhawan Space Centre established?
Flashcards
When was ISRO established?
When was ISRO established?
Indian Space Research Organisation established on August 15, 1969.
Where is the ISRO Headquarters?
Where is the ISRO Headquarters?
The headquarters of ISRO are located in Bangalore.
When was India's first rocket launch?
When was India's first rocket launch?
India's first rocket launch occurred on November 21, 1963.
What is India's first satellite?
What is India's first satellite?
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Who is the father of the Indian space program?
Who is the father of the Indian space program?
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Who was the first man in space?
Who was the first man in space?
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Who was the first woman in space?
Who was the first woman in space?
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Who was the first Indian in space?
Who was the first Indian in space?
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Who was the first woman astronaut of Indian origin?
Who was the first woman astronaut of Indian origin?
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Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?
Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?
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In which state is Thumba Station?
In which state is Thumba Station?
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Where is Satish Dhawan Space Centre?
Where is Satish Dhawan Space Centre?
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Where is the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing located?
Where is the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing located?
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First moonwalk?
First moonwalk?
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Study Notes
- ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation, was established on August 15, 1969.
- Before 1969 ISRO was known as INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research).
- ISRO headquarters are located in Bangalore.
- The first rocket launch in India was Rohini on November 21, 1963.
- Aryabhata, launched April 19, 1975, was the first satellite in India.
- Vikram Sarabhai is considered a father figure to the Indian space program and was also the first chairman of ISRO
- Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go to space in 1961.
- Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space in 1963.
- Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian man to go into space on April 3, 1984, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
- Kalpana Chawla was the first woman astronaut of Indian origin.
- Kalpana Chawla died on the space shuttle Columbia in 2003.
- The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- The Thumba Rocket Launching Station is located in Kerala, specifically in Thiruvananthapuram.
- The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is situated in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, and was established in 1971.
- The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969, representing the USA.
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