Aero
What is the state of being stable.
This mission marked the first time humanity stepped on the moon.
What is Apollo 11
What are the two major branches of aerospace engineering?
Astronautics and Aeronautics
Water droplets that condense from atmospheric water vapour and fall due to gravity.
What is rain?
These brothers conducted the first powered, controlled flight in history.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
The first person to understand the underlying principles of flight.
Who is George Cayley?
The CEO of SpaceX
Who is Elon Musk?
The point where weight is equal across all distributions
What is the centre of gravity?
This was the first man-made satellite put into space.
What is Sputnik?
What does the engineering of aerospace deal with? Name 2
Constructing planes, spacecraft, missiles, drones and satellites
These severe storms consist of unstable air at very low pressure.
What are Tornados?
The first human in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This polymath invented the telescope and discovered the moons of Jupiter.
Who is Galileo Galilei.
On October 1,1958, this government agency became responsible for the United States Space Program.
What is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The point where mass is equal across all distributions.
What is the centre of mass?
True or False? The solar system we are in is called the Milky Way
False
Who founded the first aerospace company and what was it called?
William Boeing, Boeing company
This instrument measures the pressure of the atmosphere.
What is a Barometer?
The name and species of the first animal in space.
Laika -- Dog
They were the first to create a successfully manned hot air balloon.
Who are the Montgolfier brothers? (Joseph/Etienne)
This item is comprised of 18,000 parts that includes functions such as water, oxygen and carbon dioxide removal.
What is a spacesuit?
The four forces acting upon an airplane in flight.
What are Lift, Gravity, Thrust, and Drag?
This moon mission was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion.
What is Apollo 13?
When was the first plane made?
December 17, 1903
This aviatrix disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
He built the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Who is Robert Goddard?
The most likely method of space travel to be employed in the future with humanity's current technology.
What are solar sails?
Supersonic
An astronomical object GENERALLY required to orbit a star.
What is a planet?
How much does each engine weigh from a Boeing 747?
9,500 lb (4,300–4,500 kg)
The lowest recorded temperature on Earth (can be wrong +- 0.5°C)
What is -89.2°C recorded at Vostok station in Antarctica.
This pilot was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
He discovered the relationship between pressure and fluids in motion and made the theory of airfoil lift.
Who is (Daniel) Bernoulli?
Two reasons why Mars is of interest to scientists
- Had liquid water on it at some point
- Is close to the Goldilocks Zone
- Understanding the evolution of planets
The centre of pressure
What is the average point of all pressure as a body is moving through a fluid
This measurement of distance is equivalent to 9.461e+12 km.
What is a light year?
The rate at which temperature decreases with increasing altitude.
What is lapse rate
A large, high-pressure system that brings dry, clear weather.
What is an anticyclone?
Lindbergh's Plane
What is "The Spirit of St. Louis"
Hawking Radiation
What is the radiation released from the black hole (event horizon). Also accept the opposite of standard electromagnetic radiation.
Electric Propulsion
What is the use of electrostatic or electromagnetic fields to accelerate mass to generate speed and thrust.