Test Your Space IQ
- 1.
Conventionally, how far above the sea level is considered the start of “outer space”?- A.
1 Astronomical Unit
- B.
500 Kilometers
- C.
20 Miles
- D.
100 Kilometers
- 2.
What does the sun orbit around?
- A.
Nothing
- B.
The Middle of the Galaxy
- C.
A Black Hole
- D.
The Universe
- 3.
What is rocket fuel made of?
- A.
Highly Flammable Liquids Mixture
- B.
Nuclear Energy
- C.
Plutonium
- D.
Gas
- 4.
How many moons are in the solar system that are larger than Pluto?
- A.
None
- B.
Too many to count
- C.
3
- D.
7
- 5.
Which of the following is the largest?
- A.
Sedna
- B.
Ganymede
- C.
Phobos
- D.
Ceres
- 6.
What are Jupiter and Saturn made of?
- A.
Hydrogen & Helium
- B.
Methane & Ammonia
- C.
Oxegen
- D.
Liquid Nitrogen
- 7.
Which NASA Program launches smaller missions using fewer resources and shorter development times and has so far launched Dawn, MESSENGER, Pathfinder, and many other probes?
- A.
New Frontier
- B.
Discovery
- C.
Flagship
- D.
Mariner
- 8.
Which spacecraft was the first successful soft landing on the moon?
- A.
Moon Lander 1
- B.
Surveyor 1
- C.
Ranger 3
- D.
Luna 9
- 9.
Which space probe flew past Mercury?
- A.
Mariner 2
- B.
Mariner 16
- C.
Mariner Mercury
- D.
Mariner 10
- 10.
Which President started the Apollo Program?
- A.
Richard M. Nixon
- B.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- C.
John F. Kennedy
- D.
Lindon B. Johnson
- 11.
Who was the first human in space?
- A.
Neil Armstrong
- B.
Yuri Gagarin
- C.
Jebediah Kerman
- D.
Alan Shepard
- 12.
Who invented the 1st rocket that went to space?
- A.
Wernher von Braun
- B.
Sergei Korolev
- C.
Robert Goddard
- D.
Alan Shepherd
- 13.
How to describe the direction a spacecraft travels in orbit?
- A.
Prograde (opposite: Retrograde)
- B.
Toward the planet (opposite: Away from the planet)
- C.
Normal (opposite: Anti-normal)
- D.
Nadir (opposite: Zenith)
- 14.
If you can orbit any planet, in what position you would move fastest?
- A.
Apoapsis
- B.
Periapsis
- C.
It’s random
- D.
It’s always at same speed
- 15.
Which of the following correctly describe the motion of an “orbiting satellite”?
- A.
Zero-G
- B.
Floating
- C.
Free-falling
- D.
Gliding
- 16.
In which year was the last manned moon landing?
- A.
1972
- B.
1969
- C.
2014
- D.
1987
- 17.
A flyby is a path a spacecraft follows past a planet or other body (e.g. dwarf planet) in space to gather information about it. The first fly-by of the solar system’s planets/dwarf planets did not occur in which of the following year?
- A.
2015
- B.
1962
- C.
1973
- D.
2000
- 18.
Which year was the first successful earth orbiter launched?
- A.
1947
- B.
1957
- C.
1967
- D.
1977
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