space medium MCQ

The Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) validated re-entry technologies in which year?

  1. 2012
  2. 2014
  3. 2016
  4. 2018

Answer: 2014

CARE, launched atop LVM3-X in Dec 2014, tested ablative heat shield and parachute systems for Gaganyaan crew module recovery.

Topic Space Missions - Gaganyaan
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