CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test
Questions & Answers
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Answer
Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Answer William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Answer
Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Answer About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Answer John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Answer 62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Answer Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Answer For every action, there is an
equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - 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.
- Answer Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Answer They are
high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Answer
6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Answer Scaled
Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Answer To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - 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? - Answer Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Answer Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other
than Earth? - Answer Space probes
Questions & Answers
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Answer
Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Answer William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Answer
Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Answer About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Answer John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Answer 62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Answer Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Answer For every action, there is an
equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? - 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.
- Answer Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Answer They are
high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Answer
6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Answer Scaled
Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Answer To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - 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? - Answer Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Answer Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other
than Earth? - Answer Space probes
