Space Shuttle Quiz

1. Who is said to be the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?

a. Prof Satish Dhawan

b. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

c. Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai

d. Dr. K Kasturirangan

2. What company owned the primary contract to build the space shuttle?

a. Grumman

b. Boeing

c. Fairchild Republic

d. Rockwell International

3. What does SSTO stand for?

a. Space Shuttle Transport Orbit

b. Single Stage to Orbit

c. Space Shuttle Transit Orbit

d. Space Shuttle Transport Organization

4. What United States president signed an order that officially began the space shuttle project?

a. John Kennedy

b. Richard Nixon

c. Bill Clinton

d. Jimmy Carter

5. Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?

a. Discovery

b. Enterprise

c. Challenger

d. Atlantis

6. What was the name of the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter?

a. Voyager 1 b. Pioneer 10

c. Pioneer 11 d. Galileo

7. What was the first shuttle to be launched following the Challenger disaster?

a. Atlantis b. Discovery

c. Endeavour d. Challenger

8. What year was the first space shuttle mission launched?

a. 1977

b. 1979

c. 1981

d. 1975

9. Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?

a. Ravish Malhotra

b. Ravi Kumar

c. Ravish Sharma

d. Madhavan Nair

10. During the Shuttles' 20 year history, it has completed many successful satellite deployments. This satellite Probe, Magellan, was launched from Columbia in 1989. What planet was it sent to explore?

a. Venus

b. Mars

c. Mercury

d. Saturn

11. What shuttle was used to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993?

a. Challenger

b. Discovery

c. Endeavour

d. Atlantis

12. On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space?

a. Salyut 7

b. Soyuz-T

c. Apollo 11

d. Progess 1

13. How many successful U.S. shuttle missions had taken place before Challenger disintegrated into a ball of fire in 1986?

a. 9

b. 24

c. 99

d. 100

14. What is the group responsible for the well-being of the ship and crew while in flight?

a. Mission Directors.

b. The group responsible for the well-being of the ship and crew.

c. Mission Control.

d. The government.

15. What was the first shuttle to dock with Russia's Mir space station?

a. Atlantis

b. Discovery

c. Endeavour

d. Challenger

16. What is the payload bay?

a. A special compartment that carries satellites or other scientific equipment.

b. A section where the astronauts receive their pay each week on the shuttle.

c. A hole in which technicians load in all the supplies needed for the outer-space trip.

d. A small room in the mid-deck of the shuttle similar to a lounge room.

Answers

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. b

5. c

6. d

7. b

8. c

9. a

10. a

11. c

12. b

13. b

14. c

15. a

16. a

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