CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers

What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7?

Saturn IB

Who developed a technique called spin stabilization?

William Hale

What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule?

Gemini

The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays?

About 8

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

John Glenn

What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins?

62 miles

Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"?

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

What does Newton's third law of motion state?

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

For what does GNSS stand?

Global Navigation Satellite System

What was the name of the first joint international space mission that took place in 1975? This involved the linkup in space of American and Soviet manned spacecraft.

Apollo-Soyuz

Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds?

They are high in the sky

A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet?

6,076 feet

What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize

Scaled Composites

While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes?

To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces

What is the standard pressure?

29.92 inches of mercury

What term is defined as the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest and an object in motion to stay in motion?

Inertia

What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966

Titan II

What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth?

Space probes

What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions?

They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures

What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule?

Freedom 7

What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space?

Titan II

What was the first weather satellite? What was its name?

1960; TIROS I

What was the first communication satellite? What was its name?

1962; TELSTAR

When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name?

1957; Sputnik I

In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its name?

1958; Explorer I

Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets?

Mars and Jupiter

Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program?

Vanguard

Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space?

Anything OTHER THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis

What will the remaining core of a supernova become?

A neutron star or black hole

Which series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us clear pictures of Venus' clouds and Mercury's cratered surface?

Mariners

Which of the following is true of the International Space Station?

All of these answers are correct

In order to stay in orbit around the Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many miles?

80-90 miles

What is the shape of the galaxy in which we live?

Spiral

What magnitude indicates the brightest shining star?

The lowest number

What United States space program served our country for 30 years (1981-2011)?

Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)

What classification of stars has the highest temperature?

O

How long did America's first manned space flight last?

15 minutes

Which of the following is NOT true about solar eclipses?

They occur during daylight hours when the Sun moves directly between the Moon and the Earth

According to the heliocentric theory, what was the center of the universe around which the rest of the universe revolved?

The Sun

What was the first true powered flight with humans on board? Who created it?

Hot air balloon; Montgolfier brothers

Yuri Gagarin

First man in space and first to orbit the Earth

Who proposed exploration of space by rocket?

Konstatin Tsiolkovsky

What is it called when the satellite talks to the ground?

Telemetry

What was the name of the jet-powered car that broke the sound barrier in 1997?

Thrust SSC

What is the heliocentric theory?

It is a theory which placed the Sun at the center of the universe.

What is the part of the sun that gives off light?

Photosphere

A launch vehicle gives the spacecraft enough force to reach ___________.

Orbit

What is the temperature in Fahrenheit if the Celsius temperature is 30 degrees? (Use the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit)

86°F

What American-based, British-owned commercial spaceflight company offers tourists the opportunity to experience a suborbital flight aboard SpaceShipTwo (also known as the VSS Enterprise)?

Virgin Galactic or Scaled Composites

If the Sun were hollow, about how many Earth's would fit inside it?

One million

Dr. Robert Goddard is known as which of the following?

Father of Modern Rocketry

In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?

1958

If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a (an) ________ .

Meteor

Finding out if a human could survive space travel was part of the mission for which US manned spaceflight program?

Mercury

Astronaut wings are awarded to anyone who reaches what minimum altitude?

50 miles

Who was the driver of the jet-powered car that first broke the sound barrier in 1997?

Andy Green

In April 1990, what did Discovery deploy?

Hubble Space Telescope

What United States space program served our country for 30 years (from 1981 - 2011)?

Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)

In the 1970's, the Pioneer probes and the Voyager probes provided pictures and data for which two planets?

Saturn and Jupiter

What causes Jupiter to emit 70% more heat than it absorbs from the Sun?

Highly compressed hydrogen at its core

Who was the first American astronaut in space?

Alan Shepard

What are the Van Allen Belts?

radiation belts around the Earth filled with charged particles

What was the duration of the last and longest manned mission to Skylab?

84 days

Which satellite gave us our first photograph of Earth from space?

Explorer 6

Who led the development of the first successful Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile in August 1957?

Sergei Korolev

A wind that is blowing from the southeast is called which of the following?

Southeast

Which of the following occurred in the Gemini Program?

The first spacewalk

How many miles is 1 Astronomical Unit?

About 93 million miles