History/Career Review

Which early rocketeer was dubbed the "Father of American Rocketry" and held over 214 patents related to rocket design?

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Hermann Oberth

• Wernher von Braun

• Dr. Robert Goddard

Which early rocketeer was educated at the University of Berlin, and went on to create rockets, including the Saturn V, which saw American astronauts to the Moon?

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Hermann Oberth

• Wernher von Braun

• Dr. Robert Goddard

What operation was responsible for bringing foreign scientists into the U.S. after WWII, including Wernher von Braun?

• Operation Paperclip

• Operation Acoustic Kitty

• Operation DUSTBIN

• Operation Menu

What was the first USSR intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed?

• Ariane-1

• SS-6

• Jupiter-C

• Thor

Who created the first American intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), which was capable of striking Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Stalingrad when placed in Feltwell, UK?

• Gen. Curtis Lemay

• Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg

• Gen. John Vogt

• Gen. Bernard Schriever

What did the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958 challenge the world to do?

• Hold the first world Olympics after WWII

• Put a satellite into orbit

• Explore the polar regions of the Earth

• Explore as deep into the oceans as possible

What was the first satellite put into orbit on 4 Oct 1957?

• Vanguard

• New Horizons

• Sputnik I

• GOES-1

What was the first American satellite in orbit, which discovered the Van Allen radiation belts?

• Explorer I

• Sputnik II

• Starlink

• Pioneer I

NORAD developed which of the following to provide advance warning of ICBM threats, and later found it was ineffective?

• Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-1)

• Detection Early Warning (DEW) Line

• U-2 Spy Planes

• SAFEGUARD Program

Which of the following is the first spy satellite program, which took pictures and deposited the film in a canister designed to be caught by airplane?

• Corona/ Discoverer Program

• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

• U-2 Spy planes

• Starfish Prime