SpaceX Comprehension

NASA’s space shuttle program was retired in __________.

• 1999

• 2019

• 2011

• 1991

Where is SpaceX located?

• Cape Canaveral, Florida

• Hawthorne, California

• Houston, Texas

• Moscow, Russia

Elon Musk became a self-made billionaires with companies like _______________ and _____________.

• eBay, General Motors

• MySpace, Samsung

• Apple, Intel

• PayPal, Tesla

The mission of SpaceX includes building a self-sustaining city on __________.

• the moon

• Venus

• Mars

• Saturn

How is the word “commercial” used in the article?

• to describe a government run company

• to describe advertisements for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy

• to describe a company not run by the government

• to describe a company shared n the stock market

In May of 2012, how did the ISS reach the Dragon to get supplies?

• with a robotic arm

• it coasted to it through space

• astronauts left the ISS in spacesuits

• it made a soft landing

What is the name of the dummy astronaut launched into space with Musk’s personal Tesla?

• Tesla

• Starman

• Elon2

• Roadster

Musk’s “super high tech zero-g indicator” is actually _____________.

• a plush Earth toy

• a Tesla

• a toy car

• a dummy astronaut

Find the sentence that explains how Elon Musk became a billionaire.

• Musk has his eyes on ground-breaking space travel such as booking flights to send people to Mars.

• Musk’s personal 2008 Tesla Roadster carrying a mannequin named Starman. The car is still orbiting in space today.

• Elon Musk, a self-made billionaire, earned his fortune starting companies like PayPal and Tesla Motors.

Find the sentence that gives the name of the Russian space program.

• Since then, the U.S. has relied on the Russian space program, Roscosmos, for space exploration.

• Musk’s personal 2008 Tesla Roadster carrying a mannequin named Starman. The car is still orbiting in space today

• The capsule, named Dragon, was named after Puff the Magic Dragon since many didn’t believe Musk could achieve this goal.