NASA Trivia
Parts of a Rocket
Space
Will it Fly?
Behind the Suit
100
The fifth crewed mission of the Apollo program and the first one to land humans on the moon
What is Apollo 11?
100
Helps slow the rocket down during its descent
What is a parachute?
100
The planet Elon Musk wants to colonize
What is Mars?
100
Of course, this is how Amazon does same-day shipping
100
Buzz Lightyear (the goat)
200
One of the most iconic spacecraft ever to be built. It performed 135 total missions and helped to construct the International Space Station.
What is the Space Shuttle?
200
These create drag and pressure to stabilize the rocket
What are fins?
200
The smallest planet in the solar system
What is Mercury?
200
Nah, it just explodes
200
Matthew McConaughey
300
After $10 billion and 30 years of development, it launched about one year ago and has since captured ultra-high resolution images of distant galaxies.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
300
The main structural component of a rocket
What is the body tube?
300
Mickey Mouse's dog
What is Pluto?
300
Yes, this is actually the most advanced rocket propulsion device known to humans
300
Matt Damon
400
In May of 2020, NASA partnered with this aerospace company to send American astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to space.
What is SpaceX?
400
Used to mount engines inside of the larger body tube
What is a centering ring?
400
A Soviet probe survived for a record time of 127 minutes on this planet
What is Venus?
400
Yes, obviously
400
Montclair's own Buzz Aldrin
500
Name of the launch vehicle to be used in NASA's Artemis Missions that will send humans back to the moon.
What is SLS?
500
These are pictured below and have a similar function to the parachute
What are streamers?
500
The name of the mathematical formula for the probability of finding life or advanced civilizations in the universe
500
They going to the moon
500
Chris Hadfield