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What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? ✔✔Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? ✔✔William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? ✔✔Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? ✔✔About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? ✔✔John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? ✔✔ 62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? ✔✔Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? ✔✔For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? ✔✔Global Navigation Satellite System
What was the name of the first joint international space mission that took place in 1975? This involved the linkup in space of American and Soviet manned spacecraft. ✔✔Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? ✔✔They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? ✔✔6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize ✔✔Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? ✔✔To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? ✔✔29.92 inches of mercury
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? ✔✔1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? ✔✔1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its name? ✔✔1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? ✔✔Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program? ✔✔Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? ✔✔Anything OTHER THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? ✔✔A neutron star or black hole
Which series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us clear pictures of Venus' clouds and Mercury's cratered surface? ✔✔Mariners
Which of the following is true of the International Space Station? ✔✔All of these answers are correct
In order to stay in orbit around the Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many miles? ✔✔80-90 miles
What is the shape of the galaxy in which we live? ✔✔Spiral
What magnitude indicates the brightest shining star? ✔✔The lowest number
What United States space program served our country for 30 years (1981-2011)? ✔✔Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)
What classification of stars has the highest temperature? ✔✔O
What is the heliocentric theory? ✔✔It is a theory which placed the Sun at the center of the universe.
What is the part of the sun that gives off light? ✔✔Photosphere
A launch vehicle gives the spacecraft enough force to reach ___________. ✔✔Orbit
What is the temperature in Fahrenheit if the Celsius temperature is 30 degrees? (Use the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit) ✔✔86°F
What American-based, British-owned commercial spaceflight company offers tourists the opportunity to experience a suborbital flight aboard SpaceShipTwo (also known as the VSS Enterprise)? ✔✔Virgin Galactic or Scaled Composites
If the Sun were hollow, about how many Earth's would fit inside it? ✔✔One million
Dr. Robert Goddard is known as which of the following? ✔✔Father of Modern Rocketry
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? ✔✔ 1958
If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a (an) ________. ✔✔Meteor
Finding out if a human could survive space travel was part of the mission for which US manned spaceflight program? ✔✔Mercury
Astronaut wings are awarded to anyone who reaches what minimum altitude? ✔✔50 miles
Who was the driver of the jet-powered car that first broke the sound barrier in 1997? ✔✔Andy Green
In April 1990, what did Discovery deploy? ✔✔Hubble Space Telescope
What United States space program served our country for 30 years (from 1981 - 2011)? ✔✔Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)
A wind that is blowing from the southeast is called which of the following? ✔✔Southeast
Which of the following occurred in the Gemini Program? ✔✔The first spacewalk
How many miles is 1 Astronomical Unit? ✔✔About 93 million miles
