A View of Earth Comprehension Test

Which movie did the author go to see?

• The Right Stuff

• Apollo 13

• Gravity

• Interstellar

Whose spaceship's window view is mentioned in the text?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

What position did Dave Leestma hold at the Johnson Space Center?

• Head of flight crew operations

• Chief engineer

• Director of research

• Mission control leader

What was the main goal of the spacewalk?

• To take new photos

• To restore the Hubble's capability

• To install a new camera

• To paint the telescope

What is the narrator's concern about the handrails?

• They are too high

• They are not strong enough

• There are no good handrails

• They are too slippery

What speed does the space shuttle travel at?

• 10,000 miles an hour

• 17,500 miles an hour

• 20,000 miles an hour

• 15,000 miles an hour

What did the narrator feel detached from?

• The shuttle

• The Earth

• Their crew mates

• The mission

What did the narrator compare their situation to?

• A game of chess

• Playing charades

• A puzzle

• A race

What did the narrator do about twenty times?

• Changed the battery

• Went up and down the path

• Recharged the oxygen tank

• Fixed the power tool

What does the narrator say they could see when looking back?

• The sun

• The stars

• The beautiful planet

• The Milky Way