NASA has logged another extra-terrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The unprecedented extraction of oxygen on Mars was achieved by a device called MOXIE aboard ...

Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system - an object so curious that they nicknamed it 'the Unicorn.' Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Nicknamed ‘Unicorn’ the researchers said the black hole is roughly ...

Four astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX under the Commercial Crew Program. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The mission is called Crew-2 and is the second crew rotation of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and ...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will support eight joint research projects mooted by the Space Technology Cell (STC), IIT-Delhi. The ISRO will support the projects under its RESPOND programme with varying duration of 1-3 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ...

Russia's space agency hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station programme to go it alone. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the first module of a new station, after ...

A new experimental COVID-19 vaccine has shown promising results in early animal testing, according to researchers who say the preventive may provide protection against existing and future strains of the novel coronavirus, and cost about USD 1 per dose. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new ...

NASA successfully flew its tiny helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called "our Wright brothers' moment." Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on Mars was carried by NASA’s rover called ...

Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 323, the first unit of the indigenously built ALH Mk III  aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik and Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command, at INS Hansa, Goa ...

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed SpO2 (Blood Oxygen Saturation) supplemental oxygen delivery system for soldiers posted at extreme high-altitude areas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Saturation of Peripheral Oxygen (SpO2) is a measure of the percentage ...

Skygazers watched a rare celestial event when the moon came between Earth and Mars. The phenomenon is known as occultation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The term is ...