Explore Space
What is the greatest benefit that can be achieved by space travel?
a. Economic
b. Knowledge
c. Environmental
d. Human experience
B. Knowledge
Which element of NASA’s strategic goal is meant to expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries?
a. Enable
b. Develop
c. Explore
d. Discover
d. Discover
What is the first phase of NASA’s astronaut candidate training program?
a. Underwater training
b. Microgravity training
c. General instruction
d. Medical training
c. General instruction
What controls a flames behavior in space?
a. Oxygen levels
b. Gravity
c. Combustion principles
d. Molecular diffusion
d. Molecular diffusion
Which of the following is a direct benefit of space travel?
a. Health
b. Economic prosperity
c. Safety and security
d. Creation of new products
d. Creation of new products
Which element of NASA’s strategic goal focuses on human presence in space?
a. Enable
b. Develop
c. Explore
d. Discover
c. Explore
What training helps astronauts prepare for the g-forces they will experience during launch and re-entry?
a. Centrifuge training
b. Flight simulation
c. Underwater training
d. Vomit comet
a. Centrifuge training
According to international guidelines, how long after the end of a mission does spacecraft and space debris need to be removed?
a. One year
b. Five years
c. Twenty-five years
d. Spacecraft never need to be removed
c. Twenty-five years
Which of the following is an initiative to provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics knowledge to students throughout their learning?
a. NASA
b. STEM
c. STEAM
d. APOLLO
b. STEM
What is the first step in a space mission?
a. Conducting research
b. Setting a research goal
c. Developing a spacecraft
d. Selecting a crew/team for the mission
b. Setting a research goal
Who is the person in charge during a space mission?
a. Mission commander
b. Space support pilot
c. Mission specialist
d. Payload specialist
a. Mission commander
What is the imaginary area created by NASA to prevent a collision with space debris and spacecraft?
a. Bumper
b. Pizza box
c. Mission cleanup
d. Debris Risk Analysis
b. Pizza box
How many nations partnered to build the ISS?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 15
d. 23
c. 15
What factors determine the design of the spacecraft?
a. The goals of the mission
b. The safety of the spacecraft
c. The distance and duration of the mission
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Who is the person that directs daily activities during a space mission?
a. Mission commander
b. Space support pilot
c. Mission specialist
d. Payload specialist
c. Mission specialist
How many pieces of orbital debris is larger than a softball?
a. 20,000
b. 50,000
c. 100,000
d. 500,000
a. 20,000
What was the estimated cost of a single flight of the space shuttle program in 1972?
a. $20 million per flight
b. $40 million per flight
c. $65 million per flight
d. $1.6 billion per flight
a. $20 million per flight
What group oversees the most important aspects of manned space missions?
a. ISS crew
b. Mission control
c. Mission project team
d. Crew of the spacecraft
b. Mission control
Which of the following protects us from radiation on Earth?
a. Gravity
b. Atmosphere
c. Magnetic field
d. Ozone layer
b. Atmosphere
What is another name for orbital debris?
a. Space debris
b. Space junk
c. Micrometeoroids
d. All of the above
b. Space junk