CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025 with complete solution
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - correct answer-Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - correct answer-William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - correct answer-Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - correct answer-About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - correct answer-John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - correct answer-62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - correct answer-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - correct answer-For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - correct answer-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 answer-Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - correct answer-They are high in the sky A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - correct answer-6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - correct answer-Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? - correct answer-To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - correct answer-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 answer-Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - correct answer-
Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? - correct answer-Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions? - correct answer-They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - correct answer-
Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - correct answer-Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - correct answer-1960; TIROS
I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - correct answer-1962;
TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - correct answer-
1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
What was its name? - correct answer-1958; Explorer I
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - correct answer-Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - correct answer-William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - correct answer-Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - correct answer-About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - correct answer-John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - correct answer-62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - correct answer-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - correct answer-For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - correct answer-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 answer-Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - correct answer-They are high in the sky A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - correct answer-6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - correct answer-Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? - correct answer-To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - correct answer-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 answer-Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - correct answer-
Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? - correct answer-Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions? - correct answer-They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - correct answer-
Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - correct answer-Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - correct answer-1960; TIROS
I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - correct answer-1962;
TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - correct answer-
1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
What was its name? - correct answer-1958; Explorer I
