APPSC Group 1 Prelims 2024 Paper 2 · Question 72

Question 72 of the APPSC Group-I Prelims 2024 Paper II (17 March 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. Prelims 2024 · P-II · Q72 · Science & Technology · Space Technology

   Identify the spacecraft deployed by the NASA to study the physical changes in 'God of Chaos' asteroid which will be nearing the Earth's orbit by 2029 :

   1. OSIRIS-APEX
   2. New Shepard
   3. Voskhod
   4. Pioneer 13

   2029 నాటికి భూమి కక్ష్యకు చేరువలో ఉన్న 'గాడ్ ఆఫ్ కేయాస్' గ్రహశకలంలోని భౌతిక మార్పులను అధ్యయనం చేసే NASA యొక్క స్పేస్ క్రాఫ్ట్‌ను గుర్తించండి :

   1. OSIRIS-APEX
   2. New Shepard
   3. Voskhod
   4. Pioneer 13
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   Answer: (1) OSIRIS-APEX

   సమాధానం: (1) OSIRIS-APEX

   After delivering its Bennu sample, NASA's OSIRIS-REx was renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent to study Apophis, the "God of Chaos" asteroid, which will pass very close to Earth in 2029. New Shepard is Blue Origin's suborbital rocket and Voskhod was a Soviet crewed spacecraft.

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