Firsts
This was the first satellite in space.
What is Sputnik 1
The moon has this many phases.
Eight (8)
This propellant is know by it's acronym LOx
Liquid Oxygen
In this year AST was moved from DOT into the FAA.
1995
The number of planets in our solar system.
Eight (8), sorry Pluto
This was the first animal to make an orbital flight in Nov 1957.
A dog named Laika
This is the number of people that have walked on the moon.
Twelve (12)
In 1926, the first liquid fueled rocket launched, designed by this person.
Robert Goddard
This person was first FAA commercial space Astronaut.
Mike Melville
This planet is the only that is not named after Greek gods or goddesses.
Earth
This person was the first Black American astronaut
Who is Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr.
The composer of Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven
Escape Velocity
7 miles/second or 25,000 MPH
The first licensed launch.
Space Service's Starfire - Consort-1 mission
Uranus has only been visited by this spacecraft.
Voyager 2
Edward H. White
What animal was intentionally sent to the moon on an FAA licensed launch?
Water bear/tardigrade/moss piglet
Prior to 1926, all rockets were powered by some form of this substance.
Gunpowder
DAILY DOUBLE (double question, not double wager)
AST was created in this year by this Secretary of Transportation.
1984 by Secretary Elizabeth Dole
This planet spins backwards relative to the others.
Venus
Valentina Tereshkova was the first female in space who flew on the Vostok 6 in this year.
June 16, 1963
The moon drifts this distance from the Earth every year.
Approximately 3.8 cm
Fully loaded with propellant, the Saturn V weighed this much (approximately 400 elephants)
6.5 million pounds.
These are the 5 foreign launch locations that have had FAA licensed launches.
Mahia, NZ; Woomera, Australia; Canary Islands; Sea Launch; Regan Test Site
Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, Eris, Pluto