Space Shuttle
After NASA funding cuts, this was the primary objective of the next manned space program.
What is a reusable spacecraft?
Prior to the ISS, the Soviet Union operated this long term space station.
What was Soyuz?
This is the biggest spaceflight contribution to date by Space X.
What is a reusable booster?
This man not only founded Amazon, but also started Blue Origin in the year 2000.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
This NASA facility built the first stage of the Saturn V, the space shuttle main fuel tank, as well as the Artemis core stage.
What is Michoud Assembly Center?
This satellite was the first one to look into and photograph deep space, which unlocked more secrets to the universe.
What is the Hubble telescope?
This prompted America's former enemy, the Soviet Union, to join us and other nations to create the international space station.
What is money?
This type of rocket booster has been reused over 500 times.
What is the Falcon-9 first stage?
This rocket carried the fictional Captain Kirk into space for real.
What is New Shepard?
This man is a Navy test pilot, F-18 fighter pilot, and commander of Artemis II.
Who is Reid Wiseman?
This first commander of the prototype space shuttle was also an Apollo 13 astronaut, and is a friend of this squadron.
Who was Fred Haise?
This was the first module of the ISS to be launched into space.
What was Unity?
This is the most powerful rocket engine ever built with over 10,000,000 pounds of thrust.
What is Starship?
This rocket is reusable and will carry heavy payloads into Earth orbit and onto the moon.
What is New Glenn?
This man is also a Navy fighter and test pilot and will be the first person of color to visit the moon as pilot of Artemis II.
This space shuttle was to have carried the first teacher into space, but was tragically lost 71 seconds after launch.
It took this unlucky period of time to build the ISS.
What is 13 years?
The novel use of these Asian eating utensils has been used to capture the Starship upper stage.
What are Chopsticks?
This spacecraft will carry astronauts to the lunar surface on future Artemis missions.
What is New Moon?
This woman was part of the first all female space walk of the ISS and will be the first woman to visit the moon.
Who is Christina Coch?
This shuttle was damaged on launch by a lightweight piece of foam traveling at 500mph and disintegrated upon reentry.
What was Columbia?
It takes this amount of time for the ISS to orbit the Earth.
What is 93 minutes?
This is the amount of Starship rockets needed to launch a lunar landing mission.
What are 15 to 20 launches?
Unlike Apollo 8, Artemis II will take this far less risky lunar orbit.
What is a free-return trajectory?
This man has been to the bottom of the ocean, is a fighter pilot, and will be the first Canadian to travel to the moon.
Who is Jeremy Hansen?