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