Space Shuttle Discovery and Other Orbiters

Space Shuttle Discovery and Other Orbiters

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main contributions of the space shuttle Discovery?

Launching the International Space Station

Launching and servicing the Hubble Space Telescope

First shuttle to carry a female astronaut

First shuttle to land on the moon

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which TV show influenced the naming of the shuttle Enterprise?

The Expanse

Battlestar Galactica

Doctor Who

Star Trek

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Columbia shuttle named after?

A fictional planet

A famous mountain range

A ship that explored the Columbia River

A type of bird

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Atlantis shuttle named after?

A famous explorer

A mythical island

A type of star

A Greek god

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was unique about the Endeavor shuttle's landing system?

It used a parachute landing system

It was the first to use a drag chute landing system

It landed on water

It had a vertical landing system