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Red Bull Stratos
  • 1. At what time did Baumgartner dive off the ledge?
A) 12:17 MDT
B) 09:30 MDT
C) 12:08 MDT
D) 18:17 UTC
  • 2. What was Baumgartner's unverified maximum velocity?
A) 1,357.6 km/h
B) 1,200 km/h
C) 843.6 km/h
D) 1,342 km/h
  • 3. What issue did Baumgartner report to Mission Control after 3 minutes and 40 seconds of free fall?
A) He was losing consciousness
B) His suit was tearing
C) His oxygen was low
D) His visor was fogging up
  • 4. At what time did Baumgartner land in New Mexico?
A) 09:30 MDT
B) 12:08 MDT
C) 15:30 UTC
D) 12:17 MDT
  • 5. How many records did the FAI announce that Baumgartner broke?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 6. What was the maximum vertical speed recorded by the FAI?
A) 1,000 km/h
B) 1,342 km/h
C) 834 mph
D) 1,357.6 km/h
  • 7. How many concurrent viewers did the jump have on YouTube?
A) Over 10 million
B) Over 7 million
C) Over 5 million
D) Over 9.5 million
  • 8. What happened to the balloon after the mission?
A) It caught fire
B) It was kept as a souvenir
C) It was for single use
D) It was recovered and reused
  • 9. At what altitude did Baumgartner reach the speed of sound?
A) 2,500 metres
B) 38,969 metres
C) 30,000 metres
D) 1,500 metres
  • 10. What was the official exit altitude recorded by the FAI?
A) 38.9694 kilometres
B) 40 kilometres
C) 30 kilometres
D) 35.5 kilometres
  • 11. How long was the ascent of the balloon?
A) 4 hours
B) 2.5 hours
C) 15 minutes
D) 9 minutes
  • 12. What device could have arrested Baumgartner's spin but prevented speed records?
A) Main parachute
B) Suit camera
C) Abort switch
D) Drogue parachute
  • 13. How far from Baumgartner's landing site did the capsule land?
A) 70.5 kilometres
B) 150 kilometres
C) 10 kilometres
D) 38.9 kilometres
  • 14. How did Baumgartner describe the feeling of the fall in his suit?
A) Spinning in a vacuum
B) Swimming without feeling the water
C) Falling like a rock
D) Flying like a bird
  • 15. How many stages was the mission timeline split into?
A) Eight
B) Ten
C) Six
D) Four
  • 16. What was a technical issue identified by technicians at the launch site on 9 October?
A) A faulty communication radio
B) A broken camera mount
C) A leaking oxygen tank
D) A malfunction in the pressure suit
  • 17. From which location was the capsule launched on 14 October 2012?
A) White Sands Missile Range
B) Kennedy Space Center
C) Edwards Air Force Base
D) Roswell International Air Center
  • 18. The 14 October 2012 launch date marked the anniversary of which historic flight?
A) The Wright brothers' first flight
B) Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 flight
C) Yuri Gagarin's orbital flight
D) The first moon landing
  • 19. What was the ground temperature at the time of the successful launch?
A) 18 °C
B) 10 °C
C) 22 °C
D) 14 °C
  • 20. What was used to vent gas and control the ascent?
A) A valve in the balloon
B) An emergency release hatch
C) A secondary propulsion system
D) Computer-controlled thrusters
  • 21. Who said, 'OK, we're getting serious now, Felix'?
A) Kittinger
B) The flight director
C) The lead meteorologist
D) Baumgartner
  • 22. What action was considered during the visor heater malfunction?
A) Switching to backup oxygen
B) Emergency landing
C) An abort procedure
D) Manual depressurization
  • 23. What was the name of the skydiver involved in the Red Bull Stratos project?
A) Joseph Kittinger
B) Daniel Hogan
C) Felix Baumgartner
D) Alan Eustace
  • 24. What gas was used to fill the balloon that carried the capsule?
A) Hydrogen
B) Helium
C) Oxygen
D) Nitrogen
  • 25. How long did Baumgartner's free fall last?
A) 4 minutes and 19 seconds
B) 3 minutes and 48 seconds
C) 10 minutes
D) 5 minutes and 6 seconds
  • 26. Who surpassed Baumgartner's height record?
A) Nick Piantanida
B) Alan Eustace
C) Joseph Kittinger
D) Daniel Hogan
  • 27. What device was used to monitor Baumgartner's physiological response?
A) Pressure suit sensor
B) Balloon altimeter
C) Capsule barometer
D) Equivital LifeMonitor
  • 28. Who filed the lawsuit against Red Bull regarding the project idea?
A) Daniel Hogan
B) Alan Eustace
C) Nick Piantanida
D) Brian Utley
  • 29. Who served as an official observer on site for the second test jump?
A) Nick Piantanida
B) Daniel Hogan
C) Brian Utley
D) Joseph Kittinger
  • 30. What was the total duration of the final jump from leaving the capsule to landing?
A) Approximately 90 minutes
B) Approximately ten minutes
C) Approximately four minutes
D) Approximately eight minutes
  • 31. Who served as the medical director for the Red Bull Stratos project?
A) The project engineer
B) The FAA administrator
C) Felix Baumgartner
D) Jonathan Clark
  • 32. According to the text, what industry will benefit from the data on high-altitude bailouts?
A) Automotive manufacturing
B) Military aviation
C) Deep sea exploration
D) Commercial space-flight
  • 33. What is the scientifically accepted definition for the 'edge of space' known as?
A) The Stratosphere boundary
B) The Baumgartner threshold
C) The Kármán line
D) The Ionosphere marker
  • 34. At what altitude is the Kármán line located?
A) 50 kilometers
B) 120 kilometers
C) 100 kilometers
D) 80 kilometers
  • 35. Which organization administers aeronautics records worldwide?
A) United Nations Space Agency
B) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
C) FAA
D) NASA
  • 36. At what altitude does the FAA and NASA set the border to space?
A) 62 miles
B) 50 miles
C) 30 miles
D) 100 miles
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