CAP Mitchell Aerospace Test 2025 –
Complete Study Guide & Practice
Questions actual exam
Artificial satellites normally only stay in orbit for 5 to 20 years. What happens to an artificial satellite
when it falls out of orbit around the Earth? --answer- ✔---It mostly incinerates during reentry into
Earth's atmosphere.
Which of the following was not developed by Dr. Robert Goddard? --answer- ✔---the first satellite
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
A ______ is it device that forwards packets of data through different networks, ensuring that the data
gets to its destination. --answer- ✔---Router
Who was the first private pilot to earn NASAs highly-coveted astronaut wings? --answer- ✔---Mike
Melvill
Which of the following is the definition for orbit? --answer- ✔---the path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
, Although all of the shuttles experienced numerous successful missions, which shuttles were lost during
one of their missions (one in 1986 and the other in 2003), resulting in the loss of crew members? --
answer- ✔---Challenger, Columbia
Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rockets trajectory provided that the guidance
system includes a radio link between the rockets guidance system and what/who? --answer- ✔---its
mission controllers
Which of the following best explains why Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system? --answer-
✔---Dit has a thick layer of carbon dioxide and is covered with clouds.
What does COMSAT mean? --answer- ✔---communication satellite
In 1975, which series of space probes explored the environment of Mars? --answer- ✔---Viking
A wind that is blowing from the southeast is called which of the following? --answer- ✔---a
southeast wind
A satellite collects information and sends it back to the ground station.
What is this information called? --answer- ✔---telemetry
Which spacecraft below is becoming America’ military space plane that can be used for
space-based surveillance and reconnaissance? --answer- ✔---X-37
What term is defined as the apparent deflection of a freely-moving object to the right in the Northern
Hemisphere? --answer- ✔---Coriolis Effect (Force)
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passengers trips to space aboard what
space vehicle? --answer- ✔---SpaceShipTwo
Complete Study Guide & Practice
Questions actual exam
Artificial satellites normally only stay in orbit for 5 to 20 years. What happens to an artificial satellite
when it falls out of orbit around the Earth? --answer- ✔---It mostly incinerates during reentry into
Earth's atmosphere.
Which of the following was not developed by Dr. Robert Goddard? --answer- ✔---the first satellite
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
A ______ is it device that forwards packets of data through different networks, ensuring that the data
gets to its destination. --answer- ✔---Router
Who was the first private pilot to earn NASAs highly-coveted astronaut wings? --answer- ✔---Mike
Melvill
Which of the following is the definition for orbit? --answer- ✔---the path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
, Although all of the shuttles experienced numerous successful missions, which shuttles were lost during
one of their missions (one in 1986 and the other in 2003), resulting in the loss of crew members? --
answer- ✔---Challenger, Columbia
Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rockets trajectory provided that the guidance
system includes a radio link between the rockets guidance system and what/who? --answer- ✔---its
mission controllers
Which of the following best explains why Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system? --answer-
✔---Dit has a thick layer of carbon dioxide and is covered with clouds.
What does COMSAT mean? --answer- ✔---communication satellite
In 1975, which series of space probes explored the environment of Mars? --answer- ✔---Viking
A wind that is blowing from the southeast is called which of the following? --answer- ✔---a
southeast wind
A satellite collects information and sends it back to the ground station.
What is this information called? --answer- ✔---telemetry
Which spacecraft below is becoming America’ military space plane that can be used for
space-based surveillance and reconnaissance? --answer- ✔---X-37
What term is defined as the apparent deflection of a freely-moving object to the right in the Northern
Hemisphere? --answer- ✔---Coriolis Effect (Force)
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passengers trips to space aboard what
space vehicle? --answer- ✔---SpaceShipTwo
