Question 1

Which BRICS nation recently launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo mission to resupply its Tiangong space station?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 2

In early May 2026, which BRICS country successfully launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft, carrying supplies and an "artificial embryo" experiment?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 3

Which BRICS nation's space agency is playing a key support role in NASA's Artemis II mission by providing critical spacecraft tracking and telemetry support?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 4

As of May 2026, which BRICS country has conducted 16 crewed spaceflight launches, with the most recent being Shenzhou 21?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 5

Which BRICS country is developing a new satellite internet network called Rassvet, intended as a national alternative to Starlink?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 6

Which BRICS nation's space agency recently launched the Progress 95 robotic cargo freighter to the International Space Station?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 7

The BRICS Virtual Constellation of Remote Sensing Satellites, an agreement for data exchange, was signed in 2021 by which five founding countries?

Accepted Answer

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Question 8

Which BRICS nation successfully landed the Chandrayaan-3 probe on the lunar south pole in August 2023, a historic first?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 9

Which BRICS country is preparing to launch an orbital rocket in 2026 developed by national companies, aiming for autonomous access to orbit?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 10

South Africa's SANSA operates the largest ground station in the Southern Hemisphere at which facility, supporting missions like Artemis II?

Accepted Answer

Hartebeesthoek

Question 11

China's recent Tianzhou-10 mission is carrying an unprecedented study on the development of what in space?

Accepted Answer

Artificial embryos

Question 12

Which BRICS nation recently launched the LVM3-M5 / CMS-03 mission, setting a record for the heaviest GTO satellite launched from Indian soil?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 13

The BRICS satellite constellation, operational for one year, has exchanged 1.5 terabytes of climate data using satellites from Brazil, China, Russia, and which other BRICS nation?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 14

Which BRICS country, despite international sanctions, is developing national launch vehicles and has recently launched Iranian satellites like Nahid-2?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 15

South Korea's Innospace attempted a rocket launch from Brazil's Alcântara Launch Center in December 2025 as part of which operation, marking Brazil's entry into the global commercial launch market?

Accepted Answer

Operation Spaceward

Question 16

Which BRICS nation is developing its own space station, Tiangong, and advancing in asteroid mining projects?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 17

The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the first country to land on the lunar south pole, was launched in which year?

Accepted Answer

2023

Question 18

The Russian space corporation Roscosmos is planning to construct a new space station, the Russian Orbital Station, starting in which year?

Accepted Answer

2025

Question 19

Brazil's Amazonia 1, the first Earth observation satellite designed, integrated, tested, and operated entirely by Brazil, was launched from which country in January 2021?

Accepted Answer

India

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