Q. 'TRISHNA mission', recently seen in the news, is a collaborative project between which two countries?
Answer:
India and France
Notes: The President of the French Space Agency (CNES) recently discussed various topics, including 60 years of French-India space cooperation and upcoming missions like Gaganyaan and TRISHNA. The TRISHNA mission is a collaboration ISRO and CNES. Its main objectives are to provide high-resolution observations of Earth's surface temperature, vegetation health, and water cycle dynamics. The mission will assess urban heat islands, detect thermal anomalies from volcanic activity, and monitor snow-melt runoff and glacier dynamics. Additionally, it will gather data on aerosol optical depth, atmospheric water vapor, and cloud cover.