Hubble Space Telescope
True or False
A faulty mirror nearly derailed hubbles mission before it even started
True
How many missions did the Gemini have?
12
Who should have been the first man in Space?
Alan Shephard
How many people did the mission employ?
Half a million
How many years has Voyager 1 been travelling for?
45 years
Who was the Hubble named after?
A famous astronomer, Edwin Hubble
What record did it set?
Longest time in Space
Who almost drowned after re-entry?
Gus Grissom
What award did the Apollo 7 crew win?
An Emmy Award
How many miles has Voyager 1 traversed?
11 billion miles
Several decades
Gemini was a 2 man mission
True
How many Mercury spacecrafts were used?
6
Was Neil Armstrong hand picked to command Apollo 11?
No
How many mph does it travel?
39,000 mph
What was the launch delayed by?
The challenger disaster
Why does it have this name?
Gemini is Latin for twins, it was a two-man mission
What animal was the first Mercury astronaut?
Monkey
What happened to the Apollo 1 Spacecraft?
A huge fire
What is it powered by?
Plutonium
What is the Hubble known for?
The deepest images of the universe every recorded
What was a goal of the Gemini mission?
Prolonged Space exposure
What did the astronauts insist on having?
A window
What was the first Apollo crewed mission?
Apollo 7
No matter how far it goes, it can communicate using which type of waves?
Radio Waves