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Mars: But what about Mars? Who delivered the first artificial object to the Martian surface?
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A. U.S
B. Soviets
C. China
D. Mexico
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| The Soviet Union wins again. The probe Mars 2 reached the red planet on Nov. 27, 1971 (but it suffered a crash landing) The identical Mars 3 reached its destination on Dec. 2, 1971, and managed a softer landing and even a few minutes with working instruments. The American Viking 1 craft didn't reach Mars until July 20, 1976. |
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Other Planets: There's more to our solar system than planets, moons and dwarf planets. On what object did NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft successfully land in 2001?
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A. A Comet
B. An Asteroid
C. Pluto
D. Saturn
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| On Feb. 12, 2001, NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker craft successfully touched down on the asteroid Eros. |
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Apollo: How did the Apollo astronauts land on the moon?
A. After Command Module, Service Module and Lunar Module landed orbited earth two of three astronauts transferred to LM.
B. the opening between the CSM and LM was sealed.
c. the two modules seperated from each othe the CMS remained orbit.
D. the LM used radar and a computer to descend.
E. All of the above. |
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After the Apollo spacecraft, consisting of the command module (CM), the service module (SM) and the lunar module (LM), established itself in orbit around the moon, two of the three astronauts transferred into the LM, while one stayed behind in the combined command and service modules (CSM). The opening between the CSM and LM was sealed, and the two modules separated from each other, with the CSM remaining in orbit around the moon. The LM then used radar and a computer to calculate how far it was from the moon as it made its descent |
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Apollo: How long did Apollo 7 remain in space?
A. 10 hours
B. 11 days
C. 18 days
D. 20 days
E. 24 hours
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B. Apollo 7's mission was to test a spacecraft intended for a moon landing by seeing if it could re-enter Earth's orbit successfully. It spent a total of 11 days in space, orbiting the Earth 163 times. The crew included three astronauts: Walter Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham. The mission was launched on Oct. 11, 1968. |
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Apollo: The United States remains the only country to land humans on the lunar surface. Just how many missions did NASA successfully send to the moon?
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A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 6
E. 12
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| NASA launched seven missions to the moon, but the failure of Apollo 13 meant that only six reached the lunar surface. That last mission, Apollo 17, left the moon on Dec. 14, 1972. |
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Apollo: Was the Apollo 8 mission successful in reaching the moon's orbit?
A. It reached lunar orbit
B. It returned safely to the Earth's Atmosphere
C. It used the Saturn V rocket
D. All of the Above.
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| The Apollo 8 mission successfully reached lunar orbit, circled the moon and returned safely to Earth's atmosphere. It was the first manned spacecraft to use the Saturn V rocket, a piece of equipment powerful enough to get the spacecraft into the moon's orbit. Its three crew members, Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, launched into space on Dec. 1, 1968. |
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Apollo: Why did the United States want to launch the Apollo program?
A. They needed to recover the economy
B. They wanted to compete with Russians
C. They wanted to win the cold war.
D. Both B and C
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| When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite, the world's first artificial satellite, in 1957, the citizens of the United States were amazed. How could another country, especially their rival in the Cold War, have made it into space before the most advanced nation in the world? In addition, fears that the Soviets could use their scientific knowledge to fire missiles around the world inspired President John F. Kennedy to address Congress about the need to work on his country's own space program. |
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Apollo:How many people walked on the moon, and who were they?
A. 20
B. 14
C. 18
D. 12
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The only people to ever walk on the moon were 12 American astronauts during the six manned Apollo moon missions, which took place between 1969 and 1972. The first two men to set foot on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on July 20, 1969. Four months later, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean landed, followed by Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell in February, 1971. Later in 1971, David Scott and James Irwin were the next pair of astronauts to go down in history, with John Young and Charles Duke having a turn in April of 1972. Eight months after that, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt landed. As of this writing, these two were the last humans to set foot on the moon.
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Mars: Why did NASA send up the Mars Orbiter?
A. Wanted to locate water
B. Record the elements
C. Measure Radiation
D. Evaluate whether Mars was Habitable
E. All of the above |
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| The first step toward living on Mars or finding life there is locating water. NASA is obsessed with the question. In 2001, the agency sent the Mars Orbiter into Mars's orbit to map the planet, record the elements that make up its surface and measure radiation. The data it collected was a key early indicator in evaluating whether Mars is habitable. |
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Mercury: The planet Mercury poses serious problems for human exploration. Surface conditions are extreme, and the planet's proximity to the sun makes it difficult to maintain orbit. Which mission was the first successful Mercury flyby?
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| NASA's Mariner 10 completed the first of three Mercury flybys in March 1974. NASA's MESSENGER conducted flybys in 2008 and 2009, leading up to orbital insertion on March 18, 2011. The Japanese and European space agencies jointly plan to launch BepiColombo in 2013. |
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Other Planets: Only one space probe has explored the outer plants of Uranus and Neptune. Can you guess which one?
A. Pioneer 11
B. Voyager 1
C. Voyager 2
D. Pluto 1
E. None of the Above |
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| C. Voyager 2 passed Uranus in January 1986 and Neptune in August 1989. Pioneer 11 and Voyager 1 bypassed the two planets. |
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Other Planets: Pluto may not be a true planet, but astronomers still think it's worthy of exploration. On Jan. 19, 2006, NASA got serious about exploring Pluto with its New Horizons mission. What year will the probe make its closest approach to this dwarf planet of the Kuiper Belt?
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| New Horizons will come closest to Pluto on July 14, 2015, as it continues on into the Kuiper Belt to study the region's countless frozen fragments. |
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STS: What's the difference between a shuttle delay and a countdown hold?
A. Shuttle Delay is an unexpected stop in the countdown process.
B. Countdown hold: are preplanned times when the countdown stops.
C. Both A & B.
D. Neither A nor B.
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| The countdown to a shuttle launch is a complex process. During each countdown, there are specific, pre-planned times when the countdown stops or is put on "hold." These pre-planned holds allow shuttle launch staff and the crew to address different pre-launch needs. A delay, on the other hand, is an unexpected stop in the countdown process. Depending on the severity or timing of the delay, it can result in the cancellation of the shuttle launch entirely. Such a cancellation is called a "scrub." |
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Other Planets: The gas giant Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Needless to say, we wanted a closer look. Which was the first successful Jupiter flyby program?
A. Ulysses
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| NASA's Pioneer 10 probe successfully flew by the planet Jupiter in December 1973, followed by Pioneer 11 a year later. Voyagers 1 and 2 passed by in March and July of 1979, respectively. The Ulysses spacecraft swung by in February 1992. |
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Venus: As the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union progressed, the two nations blasted even more unmanned spaceships to distant worlds. Can you guess which country landed the first spaceship on Venus?
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C. China
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D. Mexico
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E. India
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| The Soviet Venera 7 descended through the Venusian atmosphere on Dec. 15, 1970. It only managed to shoot a few quick photos and transmit them back to Earth before the planet's heat and pressure destroyed it. The Venera 3 did impact the planet but lost contact. |
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When it comes to landmark exploration of the planet Saturn, the Cassini-Huygens probe takes the cake. Which of the following is NOT one of its current achievements?
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A.
Pioneer 11 actually conducted the first flyby of Saturn back in 1979, but the Cassini-Huygens probe entered Saturn's orbit on July 1, 2004, and its Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan on Jan. 14, 2005. |
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Which spacecraft holds the honors as the first man-made object to leave the solar system?
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| ioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the solar system and travel into interstellar space when it passed beyond Pluto's orbit in 1983. Given its current trajectory, it should reach its next point of interest, the red giant Aldebaran, in 2 million years. |
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Astronauts are said to be in space once they reach how many miles above Earth?
A. 50 miles
B. 60 miles
C. 70 miles
D. 80 miles
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What is the shape of a candle flame in space?
A. Pointed shape
B. Oval
C. Sphere
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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C. Sphere. They also lean strongly when subjected to an electric field |
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Where were the Voyager spacecraft launched from?
A. Andrews Airforce Base California
B. Houston, Texas
C. Cape Canaveral, Florida
D. Washington D.C. |
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| A: Cape Canaveral, Florida |
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Who was the first person to be "buried" on the Moon?
A. Dennis Tito
B. Gene Shoemaker
C. Eugene Cernan
D. James Newman |
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B. Gene Shoemaker on July 31, 1999. His ashes were aboard Lunar Prospector when it was launched on January 6, 1998. |
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Apollo: Did Apollo 12 achieve its mission?
A. No they had to return to earth
B. Yes they landed safely in the Sea of Storms
C. They had an accident
D. None of the above. |
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| Apollo 12 took off on Nov. 14, 1969, with a crew consisting of Commander Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon as the pilot of the Command Module, and Alan L. Bean as the Lunar Module pilot. They landed safely in an area called Sea of Storms and recovered pieces of Surveyor 3 to study the effects of exposure on equipment left on the lunar surface. They also proved it was possible to achieve precise lunar landings. |
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Apollo: How long did Apollo 7 remain in Space?
A. 10 days
B. 11 days
C. 24 days
D. None of the Above. |
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| Apollo 7's mission was to test a spacecraft intended for a moon landing by seeing if it could re-enter Earth's orbit successfully. It spent a total of 11 days in space, orbiting the Earth 163 times. The crew included three astronauts: Walter Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham. The mission was launched on Oct. 11, 1968. |
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Apollo: How many of the Apollo missions ( 1963-1972) landed humans on the surface of the Moon?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 10
D. None of the above |
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B. 6
Apollo 11
Launched 16 July 1969
Landed on Moon 20 July 1969
Sea of Tranquility
Returned to Earth 24 July 1969
Apollo 12
Launched 14 November 1969
Landed on Moon 19 November 1969
Ocean of Storms
Returned to Earth 24 November 1969
Apollo 14
Launched 31 January 1971
Landed on Moon 5 February 1971
Fra Mauro
Returned to Earth 9 February 1971
Apollo 15
Launched 26 July 1971
Landed on Moon 30 July 1971
Hadley Rille
Returned to Earth 7 August 1971
Apollo 16
Launched 16 April 1972
Landed on Moon 20 April 1972
Descartes
Returned to Earth 27 April 1972
Apollo 17
Launched 07 December 1972
Landed on Moon 11 December 1972
Taurus-Littrow
Returned to Earth 19 December 1972
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Apollo: In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. You can hear his famous words sent over the radio. He raised the US flag on the Moon Surface. The second man to walk there ( Buzz Aldrin) did something else. What?
A. He drew "U.S.A" with his boot on the lunar surface
B. He left a boot-print on the lunar surface
C. He took communion
D. B & C
E. None of the Above |
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D.
It is said that buzz aldren was a freemason and took communion on the lunar surface as well |
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| Apollo: Which astronauts flew Apollo missions also flew a space shuttle mission? |
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| Brand (ASTP and Shuttle), Haise (shuttle test flights), Mattingly II (Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51C), Young (Gemini 3, Gemini X, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, and STS-9) |
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How many spacecraft hame humans launched that are now more distant from the Sun than Pluto?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 4
D. 10 |
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International: Only three countries have put a human in space using their own launching technology tow of them being the United States and Rusia ( formerly the Soviet Union). Which is the Third ?
A. China
B. Germany
C. North Korea
D. France
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Mars: Humans have been trying to send spacecraft to Mars since 1960. The first mission to successfully send back images of the surface of Mars was.
A. Mariner 4 ( July 14,1965)
B. Mariner 6 (July 13, 1969)
C. Vicking 1 ( July 20, 1976)
D. Mars Global Surveryor (September 11, 1997) |
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| A. Mariner 4 (July 14, 1965) |
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Mercury: How did the Mercury capsules get their name?
A. Each astronaut named his capsule for their favorite song and added the numeral 7
B: Each astronaut named his capsule and added the numeral 7 to denote the teamwork of the original astronauts.
C. Both a and B
D. None of the above |
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| C Each astronaut named his capsule and added the numeral 7 to denote the teamwork of the original astronauts. |
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Rosetta: The Rosetta spacecraft is one of the most ambitious space missions ever attempted. Where will it arrive after a 10-year journey?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Earth
D. Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
E. All of the above
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D. Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in May 2014 |
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Russians: Sputnik 1 was quite a technological feat for the Soviets. In 1959, they followed it up by landing the first spacecraft on the moon. What was it called?
A. Luna 1
B. Luna 2
C. Luna 3
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B
he Soviets managed to blast Luna 1 to the moon's vicinity, but Luna 2 was the first to actually smack into the lunar surface. Luna 3 became the first spacecraft to return images of the far side of the moon.
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STS: A shuttle orbiter uses how many feet of runway from touchdown to wheel stop?
A. 3,000 - 4,000 ft
B. 4,500 - 5,500 ft
C. 8,500 - 10,000 ft
D. 9,500 - 12,000 ft
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C. 8,500 - 10,000 ft (2,600 - 3,000 m) compared to 3,000 - 4,000 ft used by a commercial airlines |
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STS: Early manned space travel was a bit of a stag party, but that doesn't mean females didn't make the trip as well. Who was the first female in space?
A. Sally Ride
B. Valentina Tereshkova
C.Slevetana Saviskaya
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| Ever ahead of the curve in the early space race, the Soviet Union launched Valentina Tereshkova into orbit on June 16, 1963. Fellow cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman in space in 1982. The following year, Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space. |
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STS: How many flights has Endeavour flown?
A. Twenty Four
B. Ten
C. Eleven
D. Twelve
E. none of the above |
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Twenty Four-- Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is one of three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.[1] (The other two are Discovery and Atlantis.) Endeavour is the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger. Endeavour first flew in May 1992 on mission STS-49 and was scheduled for decommissioning in 2010.[2] Before its decommissioning, NASA expects to use Endeavour for the STS-134 mission, which will make it the last shuttle to fly a mission for the Space Shuttle Program.[3] However, should the proposed STS-135 mission be approved, Atlantis will be the final shuttle to fly.
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STS: How many times did the Challenger fly into space before exploding in 1986?
A. None, it was not a reusable rocket
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4
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STS: Who is the only U.S. President to be present at a Shuttle Launch?
A. Kennedy
B. Obama
C. Clinton
D. Reagan
E. Carter |
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| A: President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton watched John Glenn's return to Space on STS-95 on Oct 29, 1998 from the Kennedy Space Center. |
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STS: Who was the first American Astronaut to ride aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket? First American Cosmonuat
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Ed White
C. Guss Grissom
D. Michael Collins
E. Dr. Norm Thagard
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| E. Norm ThagardNorman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943) is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did this on March 14, 1995 in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission. |
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STS: Who was the first American woman astronaut to perform a spacewalk?
A. Sally Ride
B. Nelly Armstrong
C. Sarah Morgan
D. Kathy Sullivan |
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| A: Astronaut Kathy Sullivan, was first U.S. woman to perform a spacewalk during STS-41G. |
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Soviets: Man's best friend is one thing, but who was the first human to ride the rocket into the starry black yonder?
A. John Glenn
B. Yuri Gregarian
C. Alan Shepard |
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| The Soviets win again! Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space on April 12, 1961. Alan Shepard wouldn't make it up till May 5, 1961, but John Glenn took "first American in orbit" honors on Feb. 20, 1962. |
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The Pioneer and Voyager probes carried special messages for any extraterrestrials who might find them drifting in the void. Which of the following items was NOT included?
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| While the Pioneer probes carried a plaque etched with a nude male and a nude female, NASA officials censored the female image to more closely resemble the nether regions of a Barbie doll. While Carl Sagan tried to include naked photographs on the subsequent Voyager missions, NASA officials allowed only silhouette images. |
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The first man in space and the first human to orbit the earth (on April 12,1961) was Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union. The first woman in space and thefirst women to orbit the Earth ( on June 16 1963 was also Russian Valentina Tereshkova. How many years after Tereshkova ( almost to the day ) did the first american woman (Sally Ride) orbit the Earth?
A. 1 year, in 1964
B. 10 years in 1973
C. 20 years in 1983
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The man entrusted with the responsibility of landing a cosmonaut on the moon was referred to as the ‘Chief Designer’. What was his name?
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Sergei Korolev, the visionary leading force behind the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and sending the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin, laboured away in anonymity and was never officially identified until after his death. In contrast his rival in the American space programme, Werner Von Braun worked in the full glare of publicity and made the most of this. Korolev’s design bureau, OKB-1, was responsible for all the early rocket and spacecraft developments that gave the Soviet Union its early lead in space.
Vladimir Chelomei was another rocket engineer whose OKB-52 design bureau developed the heavy lift booster UR-500 Proton.
Valentin Glushko was the principal designer of rocket engines in the Soviet Union and was head of the design bureau OKB-456.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was an early theoretician and rocket scientist and is regarded as the ‘Father of Astronautics’. His most famous quote was: “The earth is the cradle of humanity, but man cannot stay in the cradle forever”. |
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The pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft each carry metal plates that contain information about humas and our knowledge of our galactic surrounding at their times of their launching. The image on the plates is show below. The radial lines emanating from the point to the left of the plaque represent.
A. The position of the largest comets in the solar system
B. The trajecotries of probes taht have left the solar system
C. The relative distances to pulsar near the sun
D. The positions of galazies near the Milky way |
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| C. The relative distances to pulsar near the sun |
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Russians: There's a whole lot of stuff up there in outer space, but only a small margin of it happens to be human technology. What was Earth's first artificial satellite?
A. Apollo 1
B. Sputnik
C. Explorer 1
D. None of the Above
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B. Sputnik
Essentially, this watermelon-sized satellite, which was the first to make a successful orbit, started the great space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. No country had ever successfully launched an object on a controlled path (orbit) into space prior to Sputnik I, which launched in 1957. So in the middle of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Sputnik was a clear Soviet success. This was a concern for the American government and public, inspiring the creation of America's own space program. |
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Russians: This spacecraft was originally designed to be the centrepiece of the Soviet manned lunar landing attempt
A. Soyuz
B. Voskod
C. Vostok
D.Salyut
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Titan is the moon of Saturn recenlty explored by the Cassini Huygens mission. What gas is the predominant Component of Titan's atmosphere ( over 98 percent)?
A. Methane
B. Oxygen
C. Hydrogen
D. Nitrogen
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To heck with crude 1950s robots, what about the animals? Which of the following critters ascended into orbit first?
A. Laika, the dog
B. Albert 1 the rheus monkey
C. Ham, the Chimapnzee
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| Fruit flies made history in 1947, when the United States launched a few into space aboard a V-2 rocket to test high-altitude radiation. This, however, was a mere suborbital jaunt. Poor Albert I, a rhesus monkey, followed the flies in 1948, suffocating to death in the process. Laika the dog was the first animal actually to enter Earth's orbit, propelled aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft on Nov. 3, 1957. |
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Russians: Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space. Her mission took place on June 16, 1963. How long was her flight?
A. 1 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
B. 4 days, 22 hours, 10 minutes
C.2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
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B. 4 days 22 hours 10 minutes
Notes:
The second woman to travel to space was Svetlana Savitskaya her mission took place 19 years later. 1963 Russian cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova went up on the Vostok 6 on June 16,1964, circling the Earth 48 times -- more than all of the astronauts of NASA_s Mercury program combined. The second woman in space was Svetlana Savitskaya, in 1982. Astrophysicist Sally K. Ride became first American woman in space, in 1983. Teacher Christa McAuliffe died when the Challenger exploded in 1986. Mae C. Jemison, an engineer and medical doctor, became the first black woman in space, on September 12, 1992. |
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Apollo: What Book from the King James Version Bible did the Apollo 8 crew read from?
A. Exodus
B. Genesis
C. Matthew
D. None of the Above |
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| On December 24, 1968, in what was the most watched television broadcast at the time,[1][2] the crew of Apollo 8 read in turn from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon. William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited verses 1 through 10, using the King James Version text.[3] |
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Apollo: What Russian vehicle was launched a few hours before Apollo 18?
A. Salyut VI
B. Venara XVI
C. Soyuz IXX
D. Sputnik II |
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What animals died in Space?
A. Albert I, rhesus monkey died of suffication
b. Albert II died on reentry
C. Laika died of heat.
d. All of the above |
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| Scientists experimented with animal astronauts before humans took the plunge to determine how leaving the Earth's atmosphere and facing the sun's radiation might affect living creatures. Albert I, a rhesus monkey, died of suffocation on the Blossom rocket. Later, Albert II went into space. He survived the flight, but died on reentry. Eleven years later, the Soviets launched the dog "Laika" in Sputnik 2. For years, the Soviets claimed the dog orbited the Earth alive during the craft's four-day flight, and burned up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Only decades later, in 2002, did Russia reveal what really happened. The 13-pound street dog died of heat and panic only hours after launch. Today, animals -- and people -- routinely survive long journeys to and from space. |
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What delayed the Discovery's launch in 1995?
A. Yellow Shafted Flicker
B. Monkey
C. The Astronaut needed to use the restroom
D. There was a malfunction. |
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| a. Yellow shafted flicker (state bird of Alabama) pecked 75 holes in the fuel tank's insulating foam |
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Apollo: What happened in the Apollo 1 tragedy?
A. 3 Astronauts lost their lives
B. NASA changed name from AS-204 to Apollo 1
C. The escape hatched didn't work
D. All of the above
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| On January 27, 1967, a flash fire broke out in an Apollo spacecraft in the middle of a launchpad test. Three astronauts -- Edward White, Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee -- lost their lives in the fire, and NASA changed the name of the mission from AS-204 to Apollo 1 in their memory. The purpose of the test was to reproduce launch conditions without actually lifting off. Investigations after the fire suggested that the oxygen-rich environment of the spacecraft, in addition to some exposed wiring, could have caused the fire. The escape hatch of the spacecraft was cited as needing to be redesigned to prevent such tragedies from occurring again. |
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What happened when the space station Mir was abandoned?
A. It is floating in space
B. It is still orbiting
C. It fell to Earth |
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What is a favorite pass time while being aboard a shuttle?
A. Playing with marbles
B. Jacks
C. Yo-Yo
D. All of the Above |
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What is the least amount of time reasonably needed to get from Earth to Mars in a spacecraft?
A. Less than one month
B. Six to nine months
C. About two years
D. Almost 10 years |
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What is the name of the assteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
A. Centauri
B. Gaspra
C. Ignudi
D. None of the Above |
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What is the name of the first privately designed and owned spacecraft?
A. Sputnik 1
B. Luna 1
C. Freedom 7
D. SpaceShipOne
E. None of the above
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D. SpaceShipOne, in 2004, costs $200,000 per seat. |
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What is the purpose of the Ariane 5 rocket?
A. To go to the moon
B. To send up satellites
C. To take pictures of space |
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What transmitted the first views of the far side of the moon?
A. Skylab
B. Ariane 5
C. Luna 3 |
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What was China's first satellite?
A. Mao I
B. Orange I
C. MaoIII
D. Panda V
E. None of the Above |
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What was the First Space Shuttle to Launch?
A. Columbia
B. Challenger
C. Atlantis
D. Endeavour
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| On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. Flown by Commander John W. Young and Pilot Robert L. Crippen, Columbia spent 2 days aloft on its check-out mission, STS-1, which ended in a smooth landing, airplane-style, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ferried back to Kennedy by a modified Boeing 747, Columbia was launched again seven months later on STS-2, becoming the first piloted reuseable orbiter. The oldest operating shuttle, Columbia's 1981 debut was followed by shuttles Challenger in 1982 (destroyed in 1986), Discovery in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, and Challenger's replacement Endeavour in 1991. |
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What was the first expansion module of Mir?
A. Kvant
B. Laiva
C. Solovyev
D. Glenn Capsule |
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What was the first manned Apollo Mission to land on the surface of the moon on July 20 1969?
A. Apollo 1
B. Apollo 13
C. Apollo 11
D. Zond 10 |
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| NASA certainly won the lunar portion of the space race on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon. Zond 10 was a canceled, unmanned Soviet lunar mission. |
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What was the first rocket?
A. Sputnik
B. V2
C. Salyut
D. V8 |
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What was the name of the first chimpanzee astronaut?
A. Laika
B. Ham
C. Hector
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When did China send its first taikonaut?
A. 2003
B. 1970
C. 1975
D. 1981 |
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When is it predicted we will send humans to Mars? A. 2090
B. 2018
C. 2080
D. 2030
E. Conditions are not suitable to go to Mars |
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Where is the command and service modules in the rocket?
A. Top
B. Middle
C. Bottom
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Which President pledge that the United States of America would land on the Moon before the end of the 1960's?
A. Hoover
B. Truman
C. Clinton
D. Kennedy |
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Which of the following combinations (astronaut-spacecraft-launch date-landing site) correctly presents the voyage of the first man to travel in space?
A. Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - 1961 - Kazakhstan
B. Gherman Titov - Vostok 1 - 1962 - Karaganda region
C. Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 6 - 1961 - Karaganda region
D. None of the Above |
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| A. Yuri Gargarin-Vostok 1-1961-Kazakhstan |
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Which of the following has never been imaged or detected on the surface of Mars?
A. Ancient, Dry riverbed
B. Evidence of recent water flow
C. Liquid Water
D. Frozen water |
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Which of the following has not yet been visited by a NASA or ESA (European Space Agency) Spacecraft?
A. Venus
B. Pluto
C. Mercury
D. Titan
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Which shuttle(s) never flew classified missions?
A. Challenger
B. Endeavor
C. Columbia
D. A and B
C. Atlantis |
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Who is the first space tourist?
A. Eugene Cernan
B. Gene Shoemaker
C. Dennis Tito
D. Buzz Aldrin
E. None of the above |
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C. Dennis Tito, a California millionaire in April 2001. he paid $20 million for an 8-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) |
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Who was the commander of Apollo 16?
A. John Young
B. Michael Collins
C. John Glenn
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A. John Young
*Genius Point* |
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Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
A. Michael Collins
B. Buzz Adlrin
C. Neil Armstrong
D. John Glen
E. Guss Grissom |
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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut and United States senator who was the first American and third person to orbit the Earth. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original astronaut group. He orbited the Earth in Friendship 7 in 1962. After retiring from NASA, he entered politics as a Democrat and represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1974 to 1999.
Glenn received a Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 and was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990. On October 29, 1998, he became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs, when at age 77, he flew on Discovery (STS-95). Glenn and M. Scott Carpenter are the last surviving members of the Mercury Seven.
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Why is the outer helmet of the astronaut tinted gold?
A. To communicate by reflecting the light for any sign of trouble
B. To reflect heat and light
C. To pressurize the inside of the helmet |
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| B. To reflect heat and light |
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which astronaut was the first one to take communion on the moon?
A. Buzz Aldrin
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Ed White
D. Michael Collins
E. None of the Above |
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Buzz aldrin
"This is the (lunar module) pilot," Aldrin said on July 20, 1969. "I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." Aldrin's way was to serve himself communion, using a kit provided by the pastor of Houston's Webster Presbyterian Church.
Aldrin's brief and private Christian service never caused a flap, but it could have. Aldrin has said that he planned to broadcast the service, but NASA at the last minute asked him not to because of concerns about a lawsuit filed (later dismissed) by atheist Madelyn Murray O'Hare after Apollo 8 astronauts read from Genesis while orbiting the moon at Christmas.
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Who was the first space tourist was this business man?
A. Toyohiro Akiyama
B. Mark Shuttleworth
C. Lance Bass
D. Dennis Tito
E. None of the Above |
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| Dennis Tito. Tito flew into space aboard a Rusian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the international space Station on April 30, 2001. His one week stay cost of more than $20 million |
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Read this article about the Space walk of discovery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle_59 |
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