CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - ANS Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - ANS William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - ANS Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - ANS About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - ANS John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - ANS 62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - ANS Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - ANS For every action, there is an equal and
opposite reaction
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,For what does GNSS stand? - ANS 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. - ANS Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - ANS They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - ANS 6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - ANS Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? -
ANS To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - ANS 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? - ANS Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - ANS Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? -
ANS Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions? -
ANS They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
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, What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - ANS Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - ANS Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - ANS 1960; TIROS I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - ANS 1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - ANS 1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What
was its name? - ANS 1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - ANS Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space
program? - ANS Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - ANS Anything OTHER
THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - ANS A neutron star or black hole
Which series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us clear pictures of Venus'
clouds and Mercury's cratered surface? - ANS Mariners
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TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - ANS Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - ANS William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - ANS Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - ANS About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - ANS John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - ANS 62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - ANS Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - ANS For every action, there is an equal and
opposite reaction
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,For what does GNSS stand? - ANS 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. - ANS Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - ANS They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - ANS 6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - ANS Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? -
ANS To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? - ANS 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? - ANS Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - ANS Titan II
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? -
ANS Space probes
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions? -
ANS They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? - ANS Freedom 7
What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? - ANS Titan II
What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? - ANS 1960; TIROS I
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? - ANS 1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? - ANS 1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What
was its name? - ANS 1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? - ANS Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space
program? - ANS Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? - ANS Anything OTHER
THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? - ANS A neutron star or black hole
Which series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us clear pictures of Venus'
clouds and Mercury's cratered surface? - ANS Mariners
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