Space Exploration
Research these before you check the answers below.
- Space Pioneers:
Who, in 1961, was propelled 116 miles into the ionosphere to become America's first man in space?
- Notable Achievements:
In 1996, who earned the distinctions of enduring the longest stay in space by any American and the longest stay in space by any woman?
- A. Janet Reno
- B. Geena Davis
- C. Carol Channing
- D. Elizabeth Dole
- E. Shannon Lucid
- Communication Satellites:
The first U.S. satellite to amplify and transmit radio and television signals was ...
- A. Skylab
- B. Gemini
- C. Sputnik
- D. Telstar
- E. Mariner I
- Presidential Quotations:
Who said this?
I believe that this nation should commit itself
to achieving the goal before this decade is out
of landing a man on the moon and returning him
safely to Earth.
- Weightlessness:
An astronaut orbiting the Earth has a feeling of weightlessness because he is ...
- A. in free fall
- B. neutrally buoyant
- C. attracted by the Sun
- D. beyond Earth's gravity
- E. traveling at enormous speed
- Astronautical Longevity:
In March of 1995, Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov returned to Earth after setting a new record for weightless by spending 437 days aboard what space station?
- Astronomy:
The colossal, earth-orbiting telescope launched in 1990 was named after which astronomer?
- A. Hubble
- B. Galileo
- C. Newton
- D. Da Vinci
- E. Palomar
- Lunar Quotes:
Complete this quote by Neil Armstrong.
Houston, Tranquillity here.
The ---- has landed.
- Headline News:
To what device was this headline from the London "Daily Express" referring?
Space age is here!
First "flying saucer" travels at 17,000 m.p.h.
- Astronaut Talk:
An astronaut orbiting the Earth is talking about EVA.
For what do these initials stand?
Some of these were pretty easy so here are some more:
- Space Travel:
The path followed by a spacecraft is called its ...
- A. itinerary
- B. telemetry
- C. trajectory
- D. launch window
- E. escape velocity
- Launch Sites:
All of America's manned space missions are launched from what geographic site in Florida?
- Tragedies:
Identify the space vehicle destroyed in a tragic explosion involving the deaths of seven people in 1986.
- A. Apollo
- B. Columbia
- C. Atlantis
- D. Enterprise
- E. Challenger
- Anniversaries:
1994 marked which anniversary of the first manned lunar landing?
- A. 5th
- B. 15th
- C. 25th
- D. 35th
- E. 45th
- Satellite Orbits:
Identify the type of orbit assumed by a man-made satellite that remains in the same position relative to a point on the Earth's surface.
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