Voyager and the Golden Record
What is the name of the space agency that launched the Voyager space probes?
NASA
What is the event that the team entered in Canada?
Bobsled
What was the Cutty Sark used to transport in the 1800s?
Tea from China or wool from Australia
What kind of animal is Ulysees?
A chimpanzee
How many months did it take the crew to get to Mars?
8 months
What was the purpose of the Voyager missions?
To explore the outer planets of the solar system
Which country let the team use an old sled for the Olympics?
USA
What kind of ship is the Cutty Sark
A clipper ship
When the astronauts lost the American flag, what did Fred use in its place?
His underwear
Who first discovered that a big storm was coming?
Fred
Which planets were visited by the Voyager missions?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What did Sanka keep in his pocket for good luck?
An egg
From which country was the Cutty Sark first launched in 1869?
Scotland
What did Bud give to Fred Randall for good luck?
A coin
Why did Fred and Bill connect their suits together?
Bill's suit was leaking oxygen
What is a "gravitational slingshot"?
When a planet's gravity is used to increase the speed of an object
How did the team raise the money needed to go to Canada?
Junior sold his car
Which kind of ship replaced clipper ships and made the Cutty Sark too expensive to continue shipping goods?
The steamboat
Each time Fred does something wrong, what does he say?
"It wasn't me"
What did Fred imagine was under his bed when he was a kid?
Name 3 achievements of the Voyager missions.
1. Photographs of storms on Jupiter
2. Images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
3. Discovered volcanic activity on one of Jupiter's moons
4. Discovered spokes in Saturn's rings
5. First and only probes to visit the ice giants, Neptune and Uranus
6. Discovered 10 new moons orbiting Uranus
7. Discovered the point where the solar wind dies down
Why was team USA stripped of their gold medals in an earlier Olympics?
Irv hid weights in the front of the sled to make it go faster
What does "Cutty Sark" mean in Scottish?
A short woman's petticoat (jacket)
Which of the following shapes was not used by Fred's mom to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
Star, Sun, Moon, Rocket
Sun
Name 3 of the tests Fred needed to pass before becoming an astronaut.
Holding breath, isolation chamber, spinning circuit board, centrifuge