CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE TEST QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Correct
Answers -Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Correct Answers -William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Correct
Answers -Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Correct Answers -About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Correct Answers -John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Correct Answers -62
miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Correct Answers -For every action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - Correct Answers -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. - Correct
Answers -Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -They
are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Correct
Answers -6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Scaled Composites
, While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Correct Answers -To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military
forces
What is the standard pressure? - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Correct Answers -
Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than
Earth? - Correct Answers -Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo
missions? - Correct Answers -They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - Correct Answers -
Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - Correct Answers -Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - Correct Answers -1960;
TIROS I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - Correct Answers -
1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - Correct Answers -
1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
What was its name? - Correct Answers -1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - Correct Answers -Mars and
Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early
space program? - Correct Answers -Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - Correct Answers -
Anything OTHER THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - Correct Answers -A neutron
star or black hole
& ANSWERS
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Correct
Answers -Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Correct Answers -William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Correct
Answers -Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Correct Answers -About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Correct Answers -John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Correct Answers -62
miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Correct Answers -For every action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - Correct Answers -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. - Correct
Answers -Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -They
are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Correct
Answers -6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Scaled Composites
, While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Correct Answers -To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military
forces
What is the standard pressure? - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Correct Answers -
Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than
Earth? - Correct Answers -Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo
missions? - Correct Answers -They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - Correct Answers -
Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - Correct Answers -Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - Correct Answers -1960;
TIROS I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - Correct Answers -
1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - Correct Answers -
1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
What was its name? - Correct Answers -1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - Correct Answers -Mars and
Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early
space program? - Correct Answers -Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - Correct Answers -
Anything OTHER THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - Correct Answers -A neutron
star or black hole
