This is the most reliable launch vehicle in service.
What is the Soyuz?
100
These spacecraft engines are a form of electric propulsion that generate low amounts of thrust.
What are ion thrusters?
100
This must be reached by an object before it can leave a massive body's gravitational influence.
What is escape velocity?
100
On Oct. 4, 1957, this spacecraft became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
What is Sputnik 1?
100
A NASA facility originally founded by Frank Molina and the suicide squad from Cal Tech
What is JPL?
200
This launch vehicle was the first used to take American astronauts to space
What is Redstone?
200
This powered the first manned missions to the moon and generated an earth-shattering 1,500,000 lbs. of thrust
What is the F1?
200
This is the densest type of star known to exist.
What is a neutron star?
200
The first test flight of the Space Shuttle took place in this year.
When is 1981?
200
The scientist credited with the creation of the rocket that put man on the moon.
Who is Wernher von Brown?
300
This was the first liquid fueled rocket used by a military.
What is the V2?
300
This is an RP1/LOX Engine named after a large class of birds
What is the Merlin?
300
This elliptical orbit is used to transfer spacecraft between two circular orbits.
What is a Hohmann Transfer?
300
This probe is the furthest man-made object from Earth.
What is Voyager 1?
300
This American scientist pioneered the study of liquid rocket engines and is considered one of the fathers of modern rocketry.
Who is Robert Goddard?
400
The original manned orbital U.S. space vehicle launched in 1960. Formerly known as "Big Joe".
What is the Atlas?
400
This is the first production staged-combustion engine
What is the RD180?
400
The likely ultimate fate of our sun
What is a white dwarf?
400
This Soviet-built spaceplane was capable of autonomous flight and could land on a runway.
What is Buran?
400
This Romanian astronautics pioneer was once helped in an experiment by Wernher von Brown, who later called him "the guiding-star of my life."
Who is Hermann Oberth?
500
This is the first vertical takeoff & landing rocket
What is the Mcdonnell Douglas DC-X?
500
In a three-body system, these are locations of gravitational equilibrium where spacecraft can be "parked."
What are Lagrange Points?
500
This spaceport drone ship carried the first ever rocket stage landed at sea.
What is Of Course I Still Love You?
500
This Russian high school mathematics teacher is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry, having written more than 400 works on the subject before his death in 1935.