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Rocket Trivia Quizizz - The History of Reusable Rockets

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first documented design/concept of a reusable rocket came from which person?

a)

Wernher von Braun

b)

Robert Goddard

c)

James Webb

d)

Walter Kistler

2.

What was the first successful reusable launch system?

a)

Falcon 9

b)

Space Shuttle

c)

Gemini Capsule

d)

Centaur

3.

On what date was the first flight of the Space Shuttle?

a)

July 1st, 1980

b)

September 21st, 1980

c)

April 12th, 1981

d)

August 16th, 1981

4.

The Rockwell X-30 was designed and considered under the administration of which US President?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

George W. Bush

c)

George H.W. Bush

d)

Ronald Reagan

5.

The McDonnell-Douglas DC-X used four of which rocket engine?

a)

RL-10

b)

RS-25

c)

RS-68

d)

RD-191

6.

The Mustard was a reusable spaceplane concept designed by which country?

a)

United States

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Canada

d)

France

7.

What is the first vehicle to have ever demonstrated the ability to vertically take off and land?

a)

Falcon 9

b)

New Shepard

c)

DC-X

d)

Roton

8.

What was the duration of the first and only space flight of the Buran spacecraft?

a)

182 minutes

b)

190 minutes

c)

198 minutes

d)

206 minutes

9.

How is the first booster stage of Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle mainly planned to be recovered?

a)

Helicopter

b)

Retropropulsion

c)

Runway landing

d)

Water landing

10.

What was the main goal of the Space Transportation System?

a)

Rapid reusability

b)

Reducing launch costs

c)

Make orbit more accessible

d)

Send more to orbit

11.

The first fully-crewed flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceplane got to a maximum altitude, in kilometers, of what?

a)

79.9 km

b)

82.7 km

c)

86.1 km

d)

89.23 km

12.

How many times has the New Shepard launch vehicle launched?

a)

15

b)

16

c)

17

d)

18

13.

What was the supposed payload, in metric tonnes, of the VentureStar SSTO to Low Earth Orbit?

a)

22 tonnes

b)

24 tonnes

c)

26 tonnes

d)

28 tonnes

14.

How many launches have been conducted using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle?

a)

123

b)

126

c)

129

d)

132

15.

The Russian Baikal flyback booster was planned to be used with an iteration of which launch vehicle?

a)

Soyuz

b)

Yenisei

c)

Energia

d)

Angara

16.

In what year was the first time that SpaceX unveiled plans to build a Starship-like vehicle?

a)

2009

b)

2010

c)

2011

d)

2012

17.

What was the first space capsule to be reused in flight?

a)

Gemini

b)

Dragon

c)

Mercury

d)

Apollo

18.

The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane was meant to be launched on which launch vehicle?

a)

Saturn I

b)

Titan III

c)

Atlas-Centaur

d)

Titan II

19.

The currently-produced Dreamchaser spaceplane is being produced by which company?

a)

Lockheed Martin

b)

Rockwell International

c)

Sierra Nevada Corporation

d)

United Launch Alliance

20.

What is the cost, in USD, to launch a completely NEW Falcon 9 rocket?

a)

$80 million

b)

$50 million

c)

$76 million

d)

$62 million