Name the new generation of NASA exploration spacecraft.
What is Orion?
100
Who sponsors the Explainers program?
What is GE Aviation?
100
Which Smithsonian museum reopened to the public in the fall after two years of renovation?
What is the Renwick Gallery?
200
Name at least two of the three Wright Family siblings who are NOT Orville or Wilbur.
Who is Katherine, Lorin, or Reuchlin?
200
Last July, a NASA vehicle zoomed past Pluto. Name that vehicle.
What is New Horizons?
200
Which current Explainer has been with the museum the longest?
Who is Carly Martin?
200
Name the newest exhibit at NASM.
What is Art of the Airplane Tower.
300
Who was Amelia Earhart's navigator during her 1937 world flight attempt?
Who is Fred Noonan?
300
Which vegetable was recently grown on the International Space Station?
What is red romaine lettuce?
300
From what country is Agustin?
What is Argentina?
300
When does Milestones of Flight reopen?
What is July 1, 2016?
400
Approximately how much money (in 1900s currency) did Samuel Langley spend attempting to fly?
What is $70,000? ($50,000 in gov't funds, $20,000 of his own money).
400
What does EVA and EMU stand for?
What is Extravehicular Activity and Extravehicular Mobility Unit?
400
In what room do we store helium tanks?
What is P-721A?(Also acceptable: most horrifying room in the museum?)
400
In what branch of the military was General Dailey, the Museum's Director?
What is US Marine Corps?
500
Name America's busiest airport.
What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
500
Name all six Space Shuttles (5 that flew missions, 1 experimental).
What is Endeavor, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Enterprise?
500
What kind of hat does Tim wear?
A Tribly
500
What plane in the museum was piloted by Neil Armstrong?
What is the X-15?
500
There is a tiny swatch of the original fabric of the Wright Flyer in a display case at the very end of the Wright Bros Gallery. What is special about that swatch?
Neil Armstrong carried that swatch to the moon in July 1969.