What private aerospace company developed the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft?
a) NASA
b) Boeing
c) SpaceX
d) Blue Origin
Answer: c
Which billionaire entrepreneur founded Blue Origin, a company focused on space tourism?
a) Elon Musk
b) Richard Branson
c) Jeff Bezos
d) Mark Zuckerberg
Answer: c
The “New Shepard” rocket, developed by Blue Origin, is designed for:
a) Lunar missions
b) Mars missions
c) Suborbital space tourism
d) Deep space exploration
Answer: c
The first fully crewed flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was named:
a) Dragonfly
b) Crew-1
c) Starliner
d) Inspiration4
Answer: d
What is the name of NASA’s program aimed at returning humans to the Moon, with plans for lunar exploration and eventual Mars missions?
a) Apollo
b) Artemis
c) Orion
d) Perseverance
Answer: b
The “Ingenuity” helicopter successfully demonstrated powered flight on which planet?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Jupiter
Answer: b
Which rover is part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission and successfully landed on Mars in 2012?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: c
The “Virgin Galactic” suborbital spaceplane, designed for space tourism, is named:
a) Unity
b) Endeavour
c) Voyager
d) Discovery
Answer: a
The space tourism company “Axiom Space” aims to offer private missions to:
a) The International Space Station (ISS)
b) The Moon
c) Mars
d) Venus
Answer: a
The “Inspiration4” mission, conducted by SpaceX, featured the first all-civilian crew. What type of vehicle did they use?
a) Crew Dragon
b) New Shepard
c) Starship
d) Soyuz
Answer: a
What is the name of the NASA rover that is designed to search for signs of past microbial life on Mars?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: d
The “SpaceShipTwo” is a suborbital spaceplane developed by which company for space tourism?
a) Blue Origin
b) SpaceX
c) Virgin Galactic
d) Axiom Space
Answer: c
NASA’s “Artemis” program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by what approximate year?
a) 2025
b) 2030
c) 2040
d) 2050
Answer: a
The “Space Launch System” (SLS) is being developed by NASA as the most powerful rocket ever built for what purpose?
a) Orbital tourism
b) Lunar exploration
c) Mars colonization
d) Asteroid mining
Answer: b
What is the name of the reusable spaceplane developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation for cargo and crew transport to the ISS?
a) SpaceShipTwo
b) Dream Chaser
c) Starship
d) Dragon
Answer: b
Who was the first private passenger to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon?
a) Jeff Bezos
b) Richard Branson
c) Jared Isaacman
d) Elon Musk
Answer: c
The term “suborbital” refers to a flight path that reaches:
a) The Moon
b) A low Earth orbit
c) The edge of space without achieving orbit
d) A distant planet
Answer: c
The “VSS Unity” is the name of the spaceplane used by:
a) Blue Origin
b) SpaceX
c) Virgin Galactic
d) Axiom Space
Answer: c
The “Lunar Gateway” is a planned space station that will orbit which celestial body?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Moon
Answer: d
The “Starship” is a fully reusable spacecraft being developed by:
a) Blue Origin
b) SpaceX
c) Virgin Galactic
d) Boeing
Answer: b
What is the term used for the point in space beyond Earth’s atmosphere where weightlessness occurs?
a) Escape velocity
b) Orbital altitude
c) Suborbital altitude
d) Karman line
Answer: d
The “Commercial Crew Program” aims to develop spacecraft for what purpose?
a) Deep space exploration
b) Lunar landings
c) Mars colonization
d) Crewed missions to the ISS
Answer: d
What is the term for a spaceflight experience in which participants briefly experience weightlessness?
a) Orbital flight
b) Lunar mission
c) Suborbital flight
d) Parabolic flight
Answer: d
What is the name of the rover that is scheduled to land on Mars as part of NASA’s upcoming Mars Sample Return mission?
a) Spirit
b) Perseverance
c) Curiosity
d) Opportunity
Answer: b
The “SpaceX Starship” is intended to be a fully reusable spacecraft for missions to:
a) The Moon
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Answer: b
What term describes the phenomenon experienced by astronauts in microgravity, where fluids in the body migrate to the head?
a) Space sickness
b) Astronaut dehydration
c) Fluid shift
d) Weightlessness effect
Answer: c
The “Moon to Mars” program is an initiative by NASA to:
a) Establish a lunar base
b) Colonize the Moon
c) Explore the outer planets
d) Return to the Moon and prepare for Mars exploration
Answer: d
What is the name of the rover that successfully landed on Mars in February 2021 and is actively searching for signs of past microbial life?
a) Curiosity
b) Opportunity
c) Perseverance
d) Spirit
Answer: c
The “Ax-1” mission by Axiom Space will include the first private crew to visit:
a) The Moon
b) The ISS
c) Mars
d) Venus
Answer: b
The “Gateway Foundation” plans to build a rotating space station with artificial gravity named:
a) Starship
b) Aurora Station
c) Lunar Gateway
d) Elysium
Answer: b
What is the primary purpose of NASA’s “OSIRIS-REx” mission?
a) Search for exoplanets
b) Study the Sun’s corona
c) Investigate the atmosphere of Mars
d) Collect a sample from an asteroid
Answer: d
“Inspiration4” is a private spaceflight mission that aimed to raise funds for:
a) Mars colonization
b) Lunar exploration
c) Cancer research
d) Climate change initiatives
Answer: c
Who was the first private individual to travel to space on a Soyuz spacecraft in 2001?
a) Jeff Bezos
b) Richard Branson
c) Dennis Tito
d) Elon Musk
Answer: c
The “Lunar Starship” variant of SpaceX’s Starship is designed for:
a) Lunar landings
b) Deep space exploration
c) Orbital tourism
d) Mars colonization
Answer: a
Which mission successfully landed the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars in 2021?
a) Curiosity
b) InSight
c) Mars 2020
d) ExoMars
Answer: c
The “Voyager” probes, launched by NASA in 1977, are on a mission to:
a) Explore the asteroid belt
b) Study the Sun’s corona
c) Investigate the atmosphere of Venus
d) Explore the outer planets and interstellar space
Answer: d
The “X Prize” competitions aim to incentivize the development of innovative technology for:
a) Deep sea exploration
b) Renewable energy
c) Space travel
d) Genetic engineering
Answer: c
What is the term for the point in an orbit where a spacecraft is closest to the body it is orbiting?
a) Aphelion
b) Perigee
c) Apogee
d) Apoapsis
Answer: b
“Lunar Gateway” is a planned space station that will orbit which celestial body?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Moon
Answer: d
What is the primary goal of SpaceX’s “Dear Moon” project?
a) Establish a colony on the Moon
b) Conduct scientific research on the Moon
c) Return lunar samples to Earth
d) Send artists and creators on a lunar journey
Answer: d
The “Starliner” is a crewed spacecraft developed by which aerospace company?
a) Boeing
b) SpaceX
c) Blue Origin
d) Virgin Galactic
Answer: a
Which space telescope, launched in 1990, has provided spectacular images and data about the universe?
a) Hubble Space Telescope
b) Chandra X-ray Observatory
c) Spitzer Space Telescope
d) Kepler Space Telescope
Answer: a
The “ExoMars” mission is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and:
a) NASA
b) Roscosmos
c) CNSA (China)
d) ISRO (India)
Answer: b
What is the name of the space telescope that will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope, set to launch in the 2020s?
a) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
b) Chandra X-ray Observatory
c) Spitzer Space Telescope
d) Kepler Space Telescope
Answer: a
What is the term for the region of space around a planet where the planet’s magnetic field dominates the behavior of charged particles?
a) Magnetopause
b) Stratosphere
c) Magnetosphere
d) Thermosphere
Answer: c
The “Perseid meteor shower” is an annual event that is associated with:
a) Asteroid belt
b) Comet Swift-Tuttle
c) The Moon’s orbit
d) The Martian atmosphere
Answer: b
What is the name of the NASA mission that successfully landed the Mars rovers “Spirit” and “Opportunity” in 2004?
a) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
b) Mars Odyssey
c) Mars Pathfinder
d) Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Answer: c
The “Pioneer 10” and “Pioneer 11” spacecraft were among the first to explore which planet?
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Answer: c
The “Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter” is a NASA spacecraft that has been studying:
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) The Moon
d) Mercury
Answer: c
Which space agency successfully landed the “Zhurong” rover on Mars in 2021?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) CNSA (China)
d) Roscosmos
Answer: c
