CSI Trivia
Space Facts
On The Horizon
Space Culture
NASA or NOSA
100

List three astronaunts who have visited/talked to Columbia Space Initiative?

Who is... Mike Massimino, Don Petitt, Cady Coleman, Woody Hoburg, Drew Feustel, Tim Kopra?

100

There are about 6 trillion miles in one of these units of space distance.

What is... A lightyear?

100

This NASA mission, designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter’s famous icy moon, is expected to arrive in 2030.

What is the... Europa Clipper?

100

Who was the first Astronaut to tweet from Space?

Who is... Mike Massimino?

100

The first name for this person/org has 9 letters?

Who is... NOSA?

200

This blonde haired duo currently serve as CSI’s two co-presidents.What are their full first, middle, and last names?

Who is... Kathryn Elizabeth Lampo and William Lawrence Specht ?

200

This man-made object traveled past Jupiter and Saturn, becoming the spacecraft to journey the farthest from Earth.

What is... The Voyager 1?

200

This football-field sized object is expected to be intentionally crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2030.

What is the... The International Space Station?

200

This 2021 box-office flop stars the NBA legend known for wearing 23 and the actress who plays the MCU’s Mary Jane.

What is... Space Jam: Legacy?

200

In 2024, this person/org studied the effects of zero gravity on HeLa physiology through a parabolic flight?

Who is...NOSA?

300

Joining in the end of the Spring 2024 semester, these two missions are the newest edition to CSI’s roaster?

What is... Lunabotics and BlueSkies?

300

You may think it’s left, but oh boy is it wright. How far did this brother duo fly their first airplane?

What is... 120 feet?

300

46-year-old Christina Koch will become the first woman to go to the moon with this upcoming NASA mission?

What is... Artemis II

300

This space-odyssey-esc adventure following former Columbia University student won the Best Original Score award at the Oscar’s.

What is...Dune (Part One)?

300

Residing in the Greater Houston Area of Texas, this person/org was originally from Washington D.C?

What is...NASA?

400

These five missions compromised the original roaster of the newly launched CSI club.

What is... Micro-G, Rockets, Balloons, NASA BIG, (technically Outreach & CubeStat)?

400

In 1959, The Russian Space Probe Luna took 3 photos of “this” area, that is also featured in Disney’s Mulan soundtrack.

What is... The Dark Side of the Moon?

400

Sharing a name with a classic sweet beverage, SpaceX plans to launch this program with satellites meant to observe the surface of the sun?

What is... PUNCH?

400

In 2018, NASA’s InSight mission named a Martian rock after this band.

Who is...The Rolling Stones?

400

On the social media app formerly known as Twitter, this person/org is followed by the official Columbia Engineering account?

What is... NASA?

500

How many Aquarius are present in CSI’s administrative team?

What is... 9?

500

In 1983, this African American became the first person to travel space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger

Who is... Guion Bluford?

500

Nicknamed as Project Firefly, The Blue Ghost Mission 2, plans to land on the far side of the moon at the beginning of what year.

What is... 2026?

500

Who once famously said, “I cannot take the R I’m going to be hard”?

Who is... Chris Acosta, Rockets?

500

This person/org “famously” relaunched their account on the live-streaming service known as Twitch in 2025?

Who is... NOSA?

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