Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission was aimed to carry a crew of six individuals on a brief sub-orbital spaceflight.
2.The NS-25 mission was designed to be environmentally friendly as it used a hybrid fuel system.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 is correct. The NS-25 mission aimed to carry a crew of six individuals on a brief sub-orbital spaceflight, reaching an altitude above the Kármán line (100 km above Earth), which is internationally recognized as the boundary of space. Captain Gopichand Thotakura is India’s first civilian astronaut who explored space as part of the New Shepard-25 mission by space company Blue Origin.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The NS-25 mission used the New Shepard rocket, which is powered by a BE-3 engine using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. This engine produces only water vapor as a byproduct, making it environmentally friendly.
Source: AIR
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