Historic Firsts
By The Numbers
Name This
To Boldly Go
Looking Ahead
100
This mission was the first to have humans orbit the moon.
Apollo 8
100
The most powerful rocket built to date, the Saturn V launched this many times.
Thirteen
100
Name this satellite
Sputnik
100
This was the year that the first Star Wars movie was released in Theaters.
1977
100
With both crew and cargo variants, there are currently 2 of this capsule docked to the ISS right now.
Dragon
200
This was the first Shuttle to launch into space.
Columbia
200
There were this many Shuttle Missions
135
200
Name this Equation
Newton's Second Law of Motion
200
The first shuttle built, intended for atmospheric tests, was renamed from the Constitution to the what after a fan write-in campaign to President Ford.
Enterprise
200
Originally intended for the Constellation Program, this capsule will provide astronauts with everything they need when they use it to travel to and from the Moon.
Orion
300
This was the first person to orbit the Earth
Yuri Gagarin
300
This number of astronauts landed and walked on the moon.
Twelve
300
Name this Rocket
Space Launch System
300
Who played the half Vulcan first officer of the Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek
Leonard Nimoy
300
Set to launch in November this year, this telescope is set to be the successor to Hubble, with a mirror 6.25 times as large.
James Webb Space Telescope
400
This is the name of the first space station put in orbit.
Salyut 1
400
This is the number of missions that were launched to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Five
400
Name this Rocket:
Buran/Energia
400
In the Martian, how did the crew of the Hermes get enough speed to return to Mars?
Gravity assist off Earth
400
Currently scheduled for a 2022 launch, this super heavy rocket is being designed by Blue Origin and built at Kennedy Space Center
New Glenn
500
This capsule held John Glenn as he became the first American to Orbit Earth
Friendship 7
500
Space Shuttles visited the Russian Space Station Mir this many times.
11
500
Name this Martian Rover:
Zhurong
500
In the Expanse, who was the inventor of the modified fusion drive that allowed humanity to colonize the outer solar system?
Solomon Epstein
500
This mission, set to be the second landing on Saturn’s moon Titan, will fly across the icy world, looking for the building blocks of life.
Dragonfly