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