COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ runway heading.
Answer: a number labeling a runway, which is based on corresponding
degrees from true, or magnetic, north
◍ temperature date is a part of which satellite subsystem?.
Answer: thermal control
◍ wind sock.
Answer: a fabric tube that shows which direction the wind is from
◍ Hero.
Answer: developed the first rocket engine
◍ Who was the first american to orbit space?.
Answer: John Glenn
◍ inertia.
Answer: The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
◍ Which planet could float on water?.
Answer: Saturn
◍ What does newtons universal law of gravitation explain?.
Answer: the gravitational attraction or pull between bodies in the universe.
◍ A.
T. C..
Answer: Air Traffic Control. The agency responsible for the guidance of
airplanes on the ground and in the air.
,◍ which of the following is a precise navigational satellite that offers a precise
positioning service?.
Answer: GPS
◍ flight profile.
Answer: a standardized series of steps the pilot takes from take-off to
landing
◍ John Glenn.
Answer: first American to orbit the earth
◍ reciprocating.
Answer: a type of engine that processes air and fuel by a back and forth
movement of its internal parts
◍ wind.
Answer: the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
◍ What is the name of the first person to both go into space and orbit the
earth?.
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
◍ in the 1920s, the writings of Hermann Oberth, a German rocket pioneer,
helped inspire the formation of what?.
Answer: The V-2 Rocket
◍ control system.
Answer: steers the rocket and keeps it stable
◍ latitude.
Answer: a system of lines that run parallel to the equator, also known as
parallels
◍ runway.
Answer: The area an aircraft uses for landing and take-off
◍ A satellite collects information and sends it back to the ground-station. What
is this information called?.
Answer: telemetry
, ◍ lean mixture.
Answer: a mixture of gasoline and air in which there is less fuel and more
air
◍ The Gemini IV mission was the first American mission in which a
spacewalk occurred. who was the astronaut who performed this spacewalk
in 1965?.
Answer: Ed White
◍ glide ratio.
Answer: a mathematical relationship between the distance an aircraft will
glide forward to the altitude loss
◍ Which of the following is not true about solar eclipses?.
Answer: They occur during the daylight hours when the sun is directly
between the moon and the earth
◍ map.
Answer: representation of Earth's features drawn on a flat surface
◍ Who discovered the relationship between pressure and fluids in motion that
became the cornerstone of the theory of aerofoil lift?.
Answer: Daniel Bernoulli
◍ what term below refers to the point where an orbiting object is the farthest
away from the body being orbited (highest point an orbiting object reaches).
Answer: apogee
◍ Why are we so concerned about micrometeorite and space debris and space.
Answer: the objects, traveling over 1500 miles-per-hour, have tremendous
energy that could cause damage upon impact with a satellite, space shuttle,
or spacesuit.
◍ tick.
Answer: a small, or abbreviated mark on a line
◍ what part of a rockets guidance system is programmed to guide the rocket
on a desired trajectory?.