Q. With reference to the International Space Station (ISS), consider the following statements:
1.It is one of the largest modular space stations in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).
2.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the space agencies involved in the ISS.
3.It serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?:
Explanation –
Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect. The International Space Station (ISS) is not in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). It is in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), at an average altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers).
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not one of the space agencies involved in the ISS. The ISS is a collaborative project involving five space agencies: the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Russia’s Roscosmos, Europe’s European Space Agency (ESA), Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Canada’s Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Statement 3 is correct. The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. Microgravity is the condition of near weightlessness experienced in space. The ISS provides a unique environment for studying the effects of microgravity on the human body, materials, and biological processes. It also serves as a platform for conducting experiments in astronomy, physics, and other fields.
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