- 1. Astronautics is the branch of aerospace engineering that deals with the design, construction, and operation of spacecraft and related technology. It encompasses various aspects such as space exploration, satellite communication, spacecraft propulsion systems, and space travel. Astronautics plays a crucial role in advancing our understanding of the universe, enabling human presence in space, and facilitating scientific research and technological development beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is the first country to send a human into space?
A) Soviet Union
B) United States
C) China
D) India
- 2. Which NASA space telescope was launched in 1990 and provided stunning images of the cosmos?
A) Hubble Space Telescope
B) James Webb Space Telescope
C) Chandra X-ray Observatory
D) Spitzer Space Telescope
- 3. Which is the brightest planet in the night sky?
A) Jupiter
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Saturn
- 4. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A) Uranus
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
D) Neptune
- 5. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Mercury
D) Venus
- 6. What are the two main components of a rocket engine?
A) Wings and tail
B) Payload and fairing
C) Gimbal and nozzle
D) Fuel and oxidizer
- 7. Who was the first woman to travel to space?
A) Kathryn D. Sullivan
B) Sally Ride
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) Yuri Gagarin
- 8. What does NASA stand for?
A) New Astronomical Space Authority
B) North American Space Agency
C) National Aerospace Science Association
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 9. Which space agency successfully landed a rover named Perseverance on Mars in 2021?
A) ESA
B) NASA
C) CNSA
D) ISRO
- 10. Which Apollo mission was the first to land astronauts on the moon?
A) Apollo 13
B) Apollo 15
C) Apollo 8
D) Apollo 11
- 11. What is the term for the act of returning a spacecraft safely to Earth?
A) Orbiting
B) Reentry
C) Launch
D) Docking
- 12. What is the name of the spacecraft that carried the first humans to the moon?
A) Apollo
B) SpaceX Crew Dragon
C) Gemini
D) Mercury
- 13. Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?
A) Mercury
B) Neptune
C) Uranus
D) Mars
- 14. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
A) John Glenn
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Neil Armstrong
- 15. What is the first artificial satellite launched into space?
A) Sputnik 1
B) Explorer 1
C) Vanguard 1
D) Telstar 1
- 16. What is the name of the famous rocket that took humans to the moon during the Apollo program?
A) Saturn V
B) Space Launch System
C) Falcon Heavy
D) Delta IV
- 17. What is the term for the point in space where the gravitational pull is equal in all directions?
A) Van Allen belt
B) Hill sphere
C) Lagrange point
D) Barycenter
- 18. What is the name of the first space shuttle to reach orbit in 1981?
A) Challenger
B) Columbia
C) Endeavour
D) Atlantis
- 19. What is the term for the area around a planet that it dominates gravitationally?
A) Sphere of influence
B) Roche limit
C) Suborbital zone
D) Tropic of Cancer
- 20. What is the name of the first human to travel into space?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) Alan Shepard
C) Yuri Gagarin
D) Neil Armstrong
- 21. What is the term for the minimum velocity needed for an object to break free from Earth's gravitational pull?
A) Initial velocity
B) Circular velocity
C) Escape velocity
D) Terminal velocity
- 22. Who was the first American woman in space?
A) Valentina Tereshkova
B) Christa McAuliffe
C) Mae Jemison
D) Sally Ride
- 23. What type of spacecraft was the Apollo Lunar Module?
A) Rover
B) Orbital module
C) Space shuttle
D) Lunar lander
- 24. What is the name of the International Space Station's robotic arm used for capturing and docking spacecraft?
A) Robonaut
B) Dextre
C) Sokol
D) Canadarm2
- 25. How many astronauts have walked on the moon as of now?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 12
D) 10
- 26. What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched by India in 1975?
A) Chandrayaan-1
B) Aryabhata
C) INSAT-1A
D) Mangalyaan
- 27. What is the name of the first privately-funded spacecraft to reach the International Space Station?
A) Dragon
B) Falcon Heavy
C) Cygnus
D) Starship
- 28. In astronautics, what does the acronym LEO stand for?
A) Lunar Escape Orbit
B) Lunar Exploration Outpost
C) Low Earth Orbit
D) Low Emission Observatory
- 29. What was the name of the first space station launched into orbit by the United States in 1973?
A) Salyut
B) Skylab
C) Mir
D) Tiagong
- 30. What is the term for the imaginary line around which an object rotates?
A) Axis
B) Orbit
C) Meridian
D) Equator
- 31. What is the name for the area in space where Earth's magnetic field influences charged particles?
A) Ionosphere
B) Exosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Magnetosphere
- 32. Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
A) John Glenn
B) Scott Carpenter
C) Gus Grissom
D) Alan Shepard
- 33. What is the term for the region beyond Earth's atmosphere where the influence of Earth's gravity is still felt but is significantly weaker?
A) Stratosphere
B) Thermosphere
C) Exosphere
D) Ionosphere
- 34. What is the term for the point in an object's orbit where it is farthest from the body it is orbiting?
A) Nadir
B) Zenith
C) Periapsis
D) Apoapsis
- 35. What is the term for the first stage of a rocket that provides the initial thrust at liftoff?
A) Fairing
B) Sustainer
C) Payload
D) Booster
- 36. What is the term for the region of space around a planet where small bodies of ice and dust orbit?
A) Kuiper Belt
B) Heliopause
C) Asteroid Belt
D) Oort Cloud
- 37. Which astronomer formulated the laws of planetary motion that describe how planets move around the Sun?
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Isaac Newton
- 38. In which year did the first successful satellite, Sputnik 1, launch into space?
A) 1986
B) 1957
C) 1969
D) 2001
- 39. What is the term for the point in an orbit around the Earth that is furthest from the Earth?
A) Apogee
B) Zenith
C) Nadir
D) Perigee
- 40. What is the process of changing an object's orbit or trajectory called?
A) Reentry
B) Spacewalk
C) Docking
D) Orbital Maneuver
- 41. What causes the blue color of the sky during the day when viewed from the Earth's surface?
A) Cherenkov radiation
B) Rayleigh scattering
C) Light diffraction
D) Atmospheric refraction
- 42. What is the study of the application of the laws of physics in the analysis and interpretation of astronomical observations?
A) Astrogeology
B) Astrophysics
C) Astrometry
D) Astrobiology
- 43. What is the largest moon of Jupiter known for its subsurface ocean that may harbor life?
A) Io
B) Europa
C) Ganymede
D) Callisto
- 44. What is the process of two spacecraft joining together in space called?
A) Rendezvous
B) Orbiting
C) Docking
D) Landing
- 45. What is the term for the point in an orbit around the Earth that is closest to the Earth?
A) Nadir
B) Zenith
C) Apogee
D) Perigee
- 46. Which agency is responsible for launching spacecraft for the European Union?
A) NASA
B) CNSA
C) ESA
D) ISRO
- 47. Who was the first human to walk in space?
A) Alexei Leonov
B) Valery Bykovsky
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Sally Ride
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