CAP Aerospace Mitchell Questions and Answers Already Passed

CAP Aerospace Mitchell Questions and Answers Already Passed What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? Saturn IB 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 In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? Phoenix Lander Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of _______miles. 76 Miles Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? Tang; Velcro How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? 915 Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? Eileen Collins The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space? X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010 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 In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? Apollo What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize Scaled Composites What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 Titan II What was the European Space Agency's "short-term" space station called that conducted experiments from inside the payload bay of a Space Shuttle? STS-78 Which spacecraft below is becoming America's military space plane that can be used for space- based surveillance and reconnaissance? X-37 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 Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? William Hale What rocket was developed solely to send humans to the moon? Saturn V US' first manned spaceflight project Mercury US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in space and the first two-man capsule Gemini Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's Mir