Stars
True or False, the Sun is a star?
True! It is also our planet's closest star!
What is the closet planet to the Sun?
Mercury.
Who was the first man to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong, on July 20th, 1969. Coming up on the 50th Anniversary!
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Movie, starring Will Smith, where Earth is saved from invading aliens on July 4th (the date is a hint!)
Independence Day.
What factor determines the color of a star?
Temperature. The color of stars can range from red to white to blue. Red is the coolest color. The hottest stars are blue.
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter.
How much does one space shuttle launch cost? Closest guess is the winner!
$450 Million.
Which President dramatically expanded the U.S. Space Program?
President John F. Kennedy. In 1961, JFK committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
This movie, starring Matt Damon, is based on a best- selling sci-fi novel of the same name.
The Martian.
What holds a star together?
Gravity.
How many planets are in our solar system?
There are 8 planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
In 1947, the first living being(s) were launched into space. What was/were they?
Fruit Flies! In 1949, the first mammal was sent into space, a Rhesus monkey.
Where is the physical launch site for NASA?
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) along with gun-toting Rocket Raccoon, treelike-humanoid Groot, enigmatic Gamora, and vengeance-driven Drax the Destroyer, find themselves the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by evil Ronan. What Movie is this?
Guardians of the Galaxy.
What organization, founded in 1979, sells the right to unofficially name stars.
The International Star Registry.
How many moons does the farthest planet, Neptune, have?
14.
This is a habitable human-made satellite that orbits Earth and has been continuously occupied by a crew since November of 2000.
The International Space Station (ISS).
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride. On June 18, 1983.
Based on a true-story, this book about three brilliant African-American women at NASA and the obstacles they faced was turned into a movie in 2016.
Hidden Figures.
What is the most common type of star?
Red Dwarf. They are less than half the size and mass of our Sun, and burn their fuel very slowly, so they live longer than any other type of star, over 100 billion years!
What is the only planet not named after a god?
Earth.
True or False: The footprints left by astronauts on the moon will remain there forever.
True!
The footprints left by the astronauts on the moon will stay there forever (or at least until something happens to the moon) because there is no atmosphere and therefore no wind.
From the early 2000's until present there has been a rise in privately owned space organizations. What is the name of the highly-publicized, privately owned space organization begun by Elon Musk?
SpaceX.
Who created Star Wars?
George Lucas.