CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers

CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo missions? ANSWER They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures What was the name of Alan Shepard's Mercury space capsule? ANSWER Freedom 7 What rocket was used to launch Skylab into space? ANSWER Titan II What was the first weather satellite? What was its name? ANSWER 1960; TIROS I What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? ANSWER 1962; TELSTAR When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? ANSWER 1957; Sputnik I In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its name? ANSWER 1958; Explorer I Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? ANSWER Mars and Jupiter Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program? ANSWER Vanguard