CAP Aerospace Mitchell UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Saturn IB - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch the first manned
Apollo mission, Apollo 7?
Gemini - CORRECT ANSWER - What US manned space program was the first to use a
two man capsule?
about 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the
International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays?
John Glenn - CORRECT ANSWER - Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Phoenix Lander - CORRECT ANSWER - In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft
confirmed water on Mars?
76 Miles - CORRECT ANSWER - Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA,
begins at an altitude of _______miles.
Tang; Velcro - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of
NASA spinoffs?
915 - CORRECT ANSWER - How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun?
Eileen Collins - CORRECT ANSWER - Who was the first female commander of a Space
Shuttle?
, X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010 - CORRECT ANSWER - The successful mission of which
vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space?
Apollo-Soyuz - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - In which of the American space programs did American
men walk on the moon?
Scaled Composites - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the name of the company that won
the Ansari X-Prize
Titan II - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in
1965 and 1966
STS-78 - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the European Space Agency's "short-term"
space station called that conducted experiments from inside the payload bay of a Space Shuttle?
X-37 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which spacecraft below is becoming America's military
space plane that can be used for space-based surveillance and reconnaissance?
Freedom 7 - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space
capsule?
Titan II - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space?
1960; TIROS I - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the first weather satellite? What was
its name?
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Saturn IB - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch the first manned
Apollo mission, Apollo 7?
Gemini - CORRECT ANSWER - What US manned space program was the first to use a
two man capsule?
about 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the
International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays?
John Glenn - CORRECT ANSWER - Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Phoenix Lander - CORRECT ANSWER - In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft
confirmed water on Mars?
76 Miles - CORRECT ANSWER - Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA,
begins at an altitude of _______miles.
Tang; Velcro - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of
NASA spinoffs?
915 - CORRECT ANSWER - How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun?
Eileen Collins - CORRECT ANSWER - Who was the first female commander of a Space
Shuttle?
, X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010 - CORRECT ANSWER - The successful mission of which
vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space?
Apollo-Soyuz - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - In which of the American space programs did American
men walk on the moon?
Scaled Composites - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the name of the company that won
the Ansari X-Prize
Titan II - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in
1965 and 1966
STS-78 - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the European Space Agency's "short-term"
space station called that conducted experiments from inside the payload bay of a Space Shuttle?
X-37 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which spacecraft below is becoming America's military
space plane that can be used for space-based surveillance and reconnaissance?
Freedom 7 - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space
capsule?
Titan II - CORRECT ANSWER - What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space?
1960; TIROS I - CORRECT ANSWER - What was the first weather satellite? What was
its name?
