Space the final frontier

What was the name of the final NASA manned Moon mission?

• Apollo 15

• Apollo 17

• Apollo 19

• Eagle IV

Skylab was...

• a high altitude weather balloon to conduct scientific tests of the upper atmosphere.

• the first space station launched by NASA.

• a sounding rocket that measured the level of atmospheric ozone.

• an orbital deep space telescope

The site of landing for Apollo 11 was

• Endurance crater

• Wolf Creek crater

• Ocean of Storms

• the Sea of Tranquility

What was the first artificial object in space?

• A German V2 rocket

• Russia's Sputnik I satellite

• Explorer I from the US

• Vanguard I from the US

In a recent survey of NASA astronauts, it was identified that their greatest motivation for becoming an astronaut was...

• their parents

• their teachers

• an interest and ability in science and mathematics subjects

• watching Star Trek

Kepler-186f is also known as

• a possible supernova candidate

• a new sub-orbital launch system

• the most likely habitable exoplanet.

• the vaporisation point of de-ionised water at 10 km altitude.

What is the current length of time for Astronaut training?

• 2 years

• 18 months

• 6 months

• a long weekend

The main international site for launching astronauts is

• Cape Canaveral

• Baikonur Cosmodrome

• Guiana Space Centre

• Edwards Air Force Base

The rocket with the highest payload capacity of any current operational launch vehicle is

• Falcon Heavy

• Falcon 9

• SpaceX HLV

• Ariane 5

A goal of SpaceX is is to land the first humans on Mars by

• 2024

• 2028

• 2030

• 2040