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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

ISRO recently proposed to set up Human Space Flight Centre in which city?

A	Hiriyur
B	Hosadurga
C	Channagiri
D	Challakere

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. K Kasturirangan, Former Chairman, ISRO in the presence of Dr. K Sivan, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO, inaugurated Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) today (30th Jan’2019) at ISRO Headquarter campus in Bengaluru.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Union Minister of State for Space Jitendra Singh, India’s first human space flight mission under the ‘Gaganyaan program’ is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. (21 December). Gaganyaan, India’s first human space mission, is set to launch in 2024.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 18 November 2022, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) conducted an Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) of the Parachute Deceleration System (PDS), in which 5-ton dummy mass equivalent of the actual crew module mass was taken to an altitude of 2.5 km and dropped from Ilyushin Il-76 by Indian Air Force.

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