Question: Which of the following country has recently sent the Nauka lab module to International space station?
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) USA
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- On 21 July 2021; Russia successfully launched the Nauka Lab Module to the International Space Station.
- The mission has been intended to provide space for scientific experiments and crew.
- Nauka has been sent to ISS using a Proton-M booster rocket which lifted off from Russian Space Launch Facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
- After this launch the module set on an eight-day journey to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
- After a series of maneuvers, the 20-metric-ton (22-ton) module will dock in automatic mode on the International Space Station on July 29, 2021.
- The navigational antennas and solar arrays were properly positioned after a flawless launch.
- Nauka is also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, was repeatedly delayed due to technical problems.
- It was initially scheduled to go up in 2007 but the launch was cancelled due to some technical problems.
- The module is carried with it the European Robotic arm ERA.
- This robotic arm has been designed to work in the Russian part of the ISS.
- In 2013, experts found contamination in its fuel system, resulting in a lengthy and costly replacement. Other ferry systems were also modernized or repaired.