History of Rocketry
Space Race
Apollo
Space Shuttle & Artemis
Miscellaneous
100
This ancient Chinese invention, made from saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur, powered the first rockets
Gunpowder
100
First artificial satellite. Launched in 1957
Sputnik
100
What Apollo mission had the first humans step on the moon?
11
100
The Space Shuttle Program looked to make space travel more economical. What about its design makes it so?
They look like airplanes and can land back on Earth.
100
This famous football play is the title of a new space movie.
Hail Mary
200
These people spread the idea of 'rockets' from fightin the Chinese throughout India, the Middle East and Europe.
Mongols
200
First human in space
Yuri Gagarin
200
This Apollo mission ended in tragedy during a pre-launch fire
Apollo 1
200
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
200
People from Italy speak Italian,
People from Brazil speak...
Portuguese
300
This 2-stage Chinese rocket from the Ming Dynasty is one of the first of its kind
Fire Dragon Rising Out of the Water
300
What U.S. program (NASA's first) aimed to put the first American astronauts in space?
Mercury Program
300
First manned mission to see the far side of the moon
Apollo 8
300
What happened to shuttle during the Challenger disaster of 1986 (with a teacher on board)
Cold temperatures in Florida. O-ring leaked fuel that sparked an explosion.
300
This gas makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere
Nitrogen
400
The Congreve rockets were first used during the Napoleonic wars and are referenced in this popular song...
US National Anthem
400
Operation Paperclip involved the Soviets and the U.S. 'hiring' German rocket scientists. The U.S. got the notorious....
Von Braun
400
This famous quote was said during the first moon landing as Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
400
The Columbia disaster occurred during reentry. It was later discovered that a piece of insulating foam damaged the shuttle's....
Heat shield on the left wing
400
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
500
The rocket equation was derived by Konstantin Tsiokolvski. It describes how besides exhaust velocity, the acceleration of a rocket is dependent on...
The proportion between the mass of the payload and the mass of the fuel.
500
First U.S. satellite in space that discovered the Van Allen radiation belts
Explorer 1
500
This Apollo mission was called a "successful failure" after an explosion in the service module.
Apollo 13
500
In early 2008, this Artemis Mission (number) will see astronauts land on the moon again.
Artemis 4
500
Mr. D's favorite animal. Uses an elongated finger to 'fish out' grubs from trees.
Aye-Aye