Space Facts
UCD Lore
Space Travel History
UCD Locations
SSS leads and subleads
100

The name for the large visible storm of Jupiter.

What is the great red spot?

100

A common superstition UC Davis students use for good luck on their finals.

What is to kiss or pat the top of the Bookhead (the egg head in front of shields)?

100

This is the name of the competition to achieve spaceflight between the U.S and the Soviet Union during the cold war.

What is The Space Race?

100

This is a good place to visit on campus to get your bike fixed.

What is the bike barn?

100

This person is the president of our club.

Who is Yuvraj Jadav?

200

This is the coldest planet in our solar system.

What is Uranus?

200

This is the definition of an aggie.

What is a student attending an agricultural school (not necessarily UC Davis)?

200

This was the first animal to orbit Earth.

What is Laika, a dog?

200

This is the best hall to visit if you want a chance of seeing Cheeto.

What is the physics building?

200

This person is our structures mech analysis lead.

Who is Kuval Bora?

300

This planet spins in the opposite direction of the rest of the planets in our solar system.

What is Venus?

300

This famous comedian is a UC Davis alumni.

Who is Hasan Minhaj?

300

The name of America’s first space station.

What is Skylab?

300

This is where you should go to pick up a refund check in person.

What is Dutton Hall?

300

This person is the electrical lead building our satellite’s flight computer.

Who is Tim Solberg?

400

When it’s at its brightest, this body can appear as bright as Venus in out night sky

What is the International Space Station?

400

The names of the two UC Davis water towers.

What is Arboretum tower and Touchdown tower?

400

This woman was the first woman to go to space.

Who is Valentina Tereshkova?

400

This is the name of UC Davis’s nuclear reactor.

What is The McClellan Nuclear Research Center?

400

 These are our two sun sensors sub leads.

Who are Paige Phung and Soren Keck?

500

There are this many total stars visible across the entire sky (including both hemispheres)

What is 9,096?

500

The year of the oldest unbroken wine in the UC Davis wine cellar.

What is 1937?

500

This is the longest single trip in space. 

What is 437 days?

500

This hall has rooms designed like a movie theater.

What is Cruess Hall?

500

This person is the electrical team secretary.

Who is Vanessa Lazaro?