Flight Technology Review

In an airplane, aerodynamic lift is created by its wings.

• True

• False

The most common types of __________________ involve movable fins or movable exhausts.

• active control systems

• active task operators

• passive control systems

• passive rocket designs

Arab traders introduced the rocket to _________ in the early 1200s.

• China

• the Middle East

• Europe

• Mongolia

Robert Goddard launched the first ___________ rocket.

• solar powered

• liquid-fueled

• space

• steam powered

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian schoolteacher, established that rockets would work ________________.

• under water

• only within the atmosphere

• built from almost any shape

• in the vacuum of outer space

The term "Space Race" refers to rocket development programs of _____________ and the United States.

• The Republic of China

• The Soviet Union

• Canada

• South America

Before the launch of Sputnik in 1957 rockets were primarily used as (a)   . (7 letters)

The stated goal of the Mercury Mission in 1958 was to study people's ability to __________________ in space.

• eat and drink

• sleep and work

• conduct science expiriments

• survive and function

The aim of the Apollo Mission was to put a man _____________and bring him safely back to Earth.

• on the Moon

• into orbit

• on Mercury

• on Mars

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in the LEM from Apollo 11 which was named ________.

• Falcon

• Alpha

• Eagle

• Apollo