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WorksheetsSpaceflight 2021
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following conducted their maiden flights in 2021?
Astra Rocket 3
Firefly Alpha
Nuri
Starliner
How many crewed orbital flights occurred in 2021?
5
8
9
11
How many Falcon 9 flights occurred in 2021?
25
28
31
36
Ingenuity completed the first powered aircraft flight on another planet on what date?
February 18th
March 4th
June 31st
April 19th
How many Starship test flights occurred in 2021?
2
3
4
5
How many extravehicular activities (EVAs) occurred in 2021?
5
7
12
15
How many people visited space in 2021, in total?
48
24
45
36
How many interplanetary rovers landed in 2021?
1
2
3
4
Which rocket by Astra reached orbit in 2021?
Rocket 3.1
Rocket 3.2
Rocket 3.3
Rocket 3.4
True or false: Australia's first astronaut launched into orbit in 2021.
True
False
At what time UTC on December 25th did the James Webb Space Telescope launch?
1220 UTC
0720 UTC
1720 UTC
0020 UTC
How many total launches targeted Low Earth Orbit in 2021?
85
104
112
165
Which of the following rockets was NOT intended to launch in 2021?
Vulcan
H3
Starship
Atlas-Centaur
Which of the following records did 2021 set?
Most launches in a year
Most humans in space
First flyby of Venus
First surveying of Mars' poles
How many failures did US launch vehicles experience in 2021? (Including Rocket Lab)
3
2
5
1
IXPE, one of the 2 space telescopes launched in 2021, studies what frequencies?
Infrared
X-ray
Ultraviolet
Gamma ray
How many Falcon 9s failed to land in 2021?
3
4
1
2
Which month of 2021 had the fewest orbital launches?
November
March
January
October
True or false: All Mars landings in 2021 occurred in February.
True
False
Which of the following launch sites did NOT see a crewed launch?
Baikonur Cosmodrome
LC-39A
Spaceport America
Vostochny Cosmodrome
