WorksheetsSpacecraft
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which spacecraft was NOT manned?
Polyus-Energia
Space Shuttle
Vostok 1
Orion
What was the name of the spacecraft that orbited Saturn?
ET
Cassini
Magic
Thomas
Name 3 reusable spacecraft
Space Shuttle
SpaceshipTwo
Apollo
Soyuz
Dragon
Name 2 Expendable Spacecraft.
Soyuz
SpaceShipTwo
Apollo
Space Shuttle
Starship
A "gravity assist" occurs when a spacecraft uses a planet's gravity field to
speed up and/or change trajectory (direction).
slow down enough to land on the surface.
slow down for orbital insertion.
speed up just enough not to waste fuel.
The planet Venus was visited by several U.S. Mariner spacecraft and by a series of Russian ______ ______ _________
failed attempts to land.
manned spacecraft.
probes named Viking.
probes named Venera.
The planet Mars was visited by several U.S. Mariner spacecraft and by a series of Russian ______ ______ _________
failed attempts to land.
manned spacecraft.
probes named Viking.
probes named Venera.
The Space shuttle was the only reusable Spacecraft
True
False
What type of craft is shown?
Starship
Rocket
Space plane
Rover
What type of craft is shown?
Lander
Rocket
Space plane
Rover
Name 3 Cancelled rockets
SpaceX Starship
Energia-Buran
Saturn V
Soviet N1
US constellation
How many space shuttles were built? Can you name them?
1 (Columbia)
5 (Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery, and Endevour)
6 (Constitution, Columbia, Independence, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endevour)
6 (Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endevour)
7 (America, Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Endevour, and Discovery)
The Orion capsule will use what Launch vehicle?
Name an SSTO.
Orion
Apollo
Starship
Skylon
