Spaatz Aerospace Questions and
Answers Latest Version Graded A+
What device on a plane helps to reduce speed after landing?
✔✔ Spoilers
What protects astronauts from harmful space radiation?
✔✔ Space suit layers and spacecraft shielding
What happens to a spacecraft when it reaches terminal velocity in the atmosphere?
✔✔ It stops accelerating downward
What kind of weather condition can delay rocket launches?
✔✔ High upper-level winds
What is the name of the robotic arm used on the International Space Station?
✔✔ Canadarm2
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,What do satellites use to keep their solar panels facing the Sun?
✔✔ Attitude control systems
What part of Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
✔✔ Stratosphere
What effect makes an aircraft roll?
✔✔ Aileron movement
What makes space a vacuum?
✔✔ Lack of air molecules
What provides communication with spacecraft beyond Earth?
✔✔ Deep Space Network
What are reaction wheels used for in spacecraft?
✔✔ Orientation control
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, What do astronauts experience due to free fall in orbit?
✔✔ Microgravity
What allows spacecraft to dock with each other in space?
✔✔ Docking mechanisms
What part of a space mission involves slowing the spacecraft to land?
✔✔ Descent phase
What is the main job of a launch vehicle?
✔✔ To carry payloads into orbit
What is one purpose of a lunar rover?
✔✔ To explore the Moon’s surface
What is the major danger of micrometeoroids in space?
✔✔ They can damage spacecraft hulls
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Answers Latest Version Graded A+
What device on a plane helps to reduce speed after landing?
✔✔ Spoilers
What protects astronauts from harmful space radiation?
✔✔ Space suit layers and spacecraft shielding
What happens to a spacecraft when it reaches terminal velocity in the atmosphere?
✔✔ It stops accelerating downward
What kind of weather condition can delay rocket launches?
✔✔ High upper-level winds
What is the name of the robotic arm used on the International Space Station?
✔✔ Canadarm2
1
,What do satellites use to keep their solar panels facing the Sun?
✔✔ Attitude control systems
What part of Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
✔✔ Stratosphere
What effect makes an aircraft roll?
✔✔ Aileron movement
What makes space a vacuum?
✔✔ Lack of air molecules
What provides communication with spacecraft beyond Earth?
✔✔ Deep Space Network
What are reaction wheels used for in spacecraft?
✔✔ Orientation control
2
, What do astronauts experience due to free fall in orbit?
✔✔ Microgravity
What allows spacecraft to dock with each other in space?
✔✔ Docking mechanisms
What part of a space mission involves slowing the spacecraft to land?
✔✔ Descent phase
What is the main job of a launch vehicle?
✔✔ To carry payloads into orbit
What is one purpose of a lunar rover?
✔✔ To explore the Moon’s surface
What is the major danger of micrometeoroids in space?
✔✔ They can damage spacecraft hulls
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