Space Exploration
  • 1. What is any small object that orbits a larger object called?
A) Satellite
B) Rocket
C) Orbiter
D) Space Shuttle
  • 2. What is the Mercury Mission?
A) nickname "Bridge to the Moon"
B) first human spacecraft program of the United States, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit
C) to be the first to orbit Mercury
D) objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
  • 3. How many natural satellites does Earth have?
A) Two
B) One
C) Hundred
D) Thousand
  • 4. Who was the first person to land on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Alan Shepard
D) Lance Armstrong
  • 5. What does ISS stand for?
A) Interesting Space Stuff
B) International Science Station
C) Intel Space Station
D) International Space Station
  • 6. What was the first artificial satellite and who sent it?
A) Explorer I; United States
B) Sputnik I; United States
C) Sputnik I; Soviet Union
D) Explorer I; Soviet Union
  • 7. Which answer shows the correct order of the space programs?
A) Gemini Missions, Mercury Missions, Apollo, Space Shuttles
B) Mercury Missions, Gemini Missions, Space Shuttles, Apollo
C) Gemini Missions, Apollo, Mercury Missions, Space Shuttles
D) Mercury Mission, Gemini Mission, Apollo, Space Shuttles
  • 8. What is the biggest problem scientists have to overcome when launching an object into space?
A) escaping the gravitational pull of Earth
B) getting the object back to Earth
C) escaping the gravitational pull of the moon
D) carrying enough fuel
  • 9. What is the space probe that is captured in an object's gravity and revolves around it to gather data called?
A) Flyby
B) Satellite
C) Lander
D) Orbiter
  • 10. What is the space probe that passes by an object to gather data and continues father into the solar system?
A) Orbiter
B) Flyby
C) Lander
D) Satellite
  • 11. What is the space probe that touches down on an object and sometimes releases rovers to gather data?
A) Satellite
B) Orbiter
C) Flyby
D) Lander
  • 12. What is a reusable spacecraft that transport people and materials to and from space?
A) Orbiter
B) Space Shuttle
C) Flyby
D) Lander
  • 13. Which answer shows the correct chronological order of these events?
A) First man in space, First Satellite, First man on the moon, Building ISS, First reusable spacecraft
B) First man in space, First Satellite, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
C) First Satellite, First reusable spacecraft, First man in space, First man on the moon, Building ISS
D) First Satellite, First man in space, First man on the moon, First reusable spacecraft, Building ISS
  • 14. What was the mission of the Apollo program?
A) send a human to land on the moon
B) launch a satellite into Earth's orbit
C) send a human to orbit the moon
D) send a human to Mars and back
  • 15. Which is a benefit of the space program technology?
A) firefighting gear
B) All of these
C) Braces
D) radial tires
  • 16. Which object is an articifical satellite that serves as a research laboratory for sixteen nations?
A) International Space Station
B) Sputnik
C) Pioneer
D) New Horizons
  • 17. What is the difference between rockets and jets?
A) Jets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; Rockets get oxygen from surrounding air
B) Rockets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; jets get oxygen from surrounding air
C) Rockets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply; jets carry oxygen as part of its fuel supply
  • 18. The space program requires materials on spacecraft and astronauts' spacesuits that can withstand _____ temperatures and pressures of space
A) extreme
B) normal
C) easy
D) average
  • 19. Satellites are used for each of the following except what?
A) communications
B) navigation
C) making dinner
D) monitor weather
  • 20. What is the significance of the Space X flight?
A) It was the first rocket to take man into space
B) It was the first spacecraft to land back on Earth intact
C) It was the first rocket to land back on Earth intact
D) It was the first spacecraft to take man into space
  • 21. Who was the first American Man in space?
A) Alan Shepard
B) Neil Armstrong
C) John Glenn
D) Gus Grissom
  • 22. Who was the first American to orbit the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Alan Shepard
C) Gus Grissom
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 23. Why do we sometiems use space probes instead of astronauts?
A) Space probes are more dangerous
B) Space probes are cheaper
C) Crewed missions are cheaper
D) Crewed missions are safer
  • 24. What does NASA stand for?
A) National Aircraft and Science Association
B) National Apollo and Science Administration
C) National Alien and Space Association
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • 25. What is the government organization established by Congress in 1958 that overseas all US space missions?
A) ISS
B) LRO
C) Space X
D) NASA
  • 26. What is the objective of Gemini Missions?
A) objective to put a man into Earth's orbit
B) objective was to develop space travel to land on Mars
C) objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission
D) objective was to be the first human spaceflight program in the United States
  • 27. Which of the following was NOT made from materials developed for spacesuits?
A) lightweight firefighting gear
B) swimming suits for racers
C) running shoes
D) Wool Ski gear
  • 28. As a scientist, you want to study the surface of an outer planet. Which of the following would you do?
A) you send a space shuttle with astronauts
B) none of these
C) you send a space probe
D) you send a crewed spacecraft
  • 29. From what state do most of the missions for NASA launch?
A) Florida
B) California
C) Texas
D) Alabama
  • 30. What year did man land on the moon?
A) 1969
B) 1945
C) 1980
D) 1999
  • 31. What do scientists want to learn about the inner planets?
A) can any support life
B) how they formed
C) what geologic forces are active on them
D) All of the answers
  • 32. What is the study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life called?
A) Biology
B) Astronomy
C) Geology
D) Astrobiology
  • 33. What is the destination of Cassini-Huygens?
A) Mars
B) Jupiter
C) Moon
D) Saturn
  • 34. What is the destination of Curiosity and what type of space probe is it?
A) Mars; Lander
B) Moon; Flyby
C) Mars; Flyby
D) Moon; Lander
  • 35. What is the destination of Juno and what type of space probe?
A) Saturn; orbiter
B) Saturn; Flyby
C) Jupiter; Flyby
D) Jupiter ; orbiter
  • 36. What is the destination of New Horizon and what type of space probe
A) Pluto; orbiter
B) Uranus; Flyby
C) Uranus;orbiter
D) Pluto and Farther; Flyby
  • 37. What is the destination of Orion Spacecraft?
A) Mercury
B) Mars
C) Pluto
D) Moon
  • 38. What does LRO stand for?
A) Lander Reconnaissance Orbiter
B) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
C) Lunar Recall Object
D) Lander Recall Orbiter
  • 39. What is the purpose of LRO?
A) It is looking for water sources on the Moon
B) It is mapping the surface of the moon
C) It is looking for water sources on Mars
D) It is looking for life forms
  • 40. What is the difference between Lunar and Solar Probes?
A) Lunar refers to landing; Solar refers to surface
B) Lunar refers to the Sun; Solar refers to the Moon
C) Solar refers to landing; Lunar refers to surface
D) Solar refers to the Sun; Lunar refers to the Moon
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