Indiana Junior Academic Bowl Science Practice Quiz 2024

When was the first manned Space Shuttle launched?

• July 1958

• April 1981

• September 1991

• July 2011

How many Space Shuttle missions were conducted?

• STS 135 was the final mission of the shuttle. (135 missions)

• Counting the moon landing in 1969 a total of 169 flights were initiated.

• Four missions were launched each year over a span of thirty years resulting in 120 flights.

• Four different shuttles were launched on over 500 missions during the life of the program (including manned and unmanned vessels).

Where did the Space Shuttle initially land after completing a mission?

• It landed (splashed down) in the gulf near Florida.

• At the Atlanta International Airport.

• At Edwards Air Force Base in California.

• The Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Which two shuttles were destroyed during flight missions?

• Challenger and Columbia.

• Colombia and Disovery.

• Challenger and Atlantis.

• Endeavor and Atlantis.

What was the determined cause of the first shuttle disaster that resulted in the deaths of all 7 crew members on the Jan 28, 1986 flight?

• The liquid hydrogen in the external expendable tank ignited.

• The Saturn V rocket malfunctions during the throttle up phase.

• The protective heat tiles on the belly of the shuttle fell off.

• The extremely cold weather adversely affected rubber O rings on the solid rocket boosters.

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What type of telescope is the Hubble Space Telescope?

• Primarily a Reflecting scope with other supplementary equipment.

• Primarily a Refracting scope with complimentary cameras to enhance resolution.

• Primarily a Radio Telescope with a few traditional optic scope capabilities.

• A hybrid scopethat collects and analyzes energy exclusively from the invisibility portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The Hubble Space Telescope is capable of magnifying images up to…

• About 400 times their normal size while maintaining adequate brightness and resolution.

• Approximately 10,000 times their actual size.

• Approximately 100,000 times their actual size.

• Over 4 million times their normal size while maintaining adequate spectral magnitude levels.

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