Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 20

The '2016 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter' is the first in a series of Mars missions to be undertaken jointly by the two space agencies, European Space Agency (ESA) and ______.

  1. NASA, USA

  2. JAXA, Japan

  3. ISRO, India

  4. Roscosmos, Russia

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Answer: (D) Roscosmos, Russia

Explanation

ExoMars is a joint programme of the European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos. Its Trace Gas Orbiter was launched in March 2016.