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1.7- Space Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

KPLO is South Korea's first lunar orbiter, which was was launched on 4 August 2022 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The orbiter, its science payload and ground control infrastructure are technology demonstrators. What is the official name of this orbiter given by Korea Aerospace Research Institute ?

a)

Hendarso

b)

Bambang

c)

Kanuri

d)

Danuri

2.

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space in mid-2001. Identify this spacecraft which was used to launch this mission.

a)

Soyuz TM-34

b)

Soyuz TM-32

c)

Soyuz TM-31

d)

Soyuz TM-33

3.

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight. It is the first production car launched into space and first to orbit the sun. There was as mannequin in a spacesuit, dubbed "Starman" occupies the driver's seat. The mannequin was named after a song "Starman" which was written and produced by whom ?

a)

David Bowie

b)

Lou Reed

c)

Bob Dylan

d)

Iggy Pop

4.

Deep space exploration is the branch of astronomy, astronautics and space technology that is involved with exploring the distant regions of outer space. According to the definition by The International Telecommunication Union at what distance from the earth surface that starts "deep space" ?

a)

approx. 3 million km

b)

approx. 1 million km

c)

approx. 4 million km

d)

approx. 2 million km

5.

Interstellar Heliosphere Probe is the current name for a proposed space program designed to explore the heliosphere and interstellar space. If the project procedes as proposed, IHP-1(first spacecraft) and IHP-2(second spacecraft) would leave the Solar System, becoming the first non-NASA probes to achieve this status. By which country/company this space mission was proposed to launch ?

a)

SpaceX

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

South Korea

6.

Tiangong is a space station being constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in low Earth orbit. It will have a mass roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station. What is the meaning of the word 'Tiangong' ?

a)

Palace in the Sky

b)

Harmony of the Heavens

c)

Quest for the Heavens

d)

Heaven in the Sky

7.

NASA is headquatered at Washington D.C. Roscosmos is headquatered at Moscow. JAXA is headquatered at Tokyo. At which district CNSA is headquatered ?

a)

Haidian

b)

Mentougou

c)

Tongzhou

d)

Fengtai

8.

The Blue Whale 1 is a orbital rocket that is planned to launch in 2022. It will become the smallest orbital rocket in the world with a mass of only 1790 kg. Name the manufacturing company of this orbital rocket.

a)

Firefly Aerospace

b)

Rocket Lab 

c)

Perigee Aerospace

d)

Exos Aerospace

9.

How many Asian countries did orbital launches successfully in 2022 ?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

5

d)

4

10.

The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) (launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) satellite) spacecraft was launched 12 August 1978, into a heliocentric orbit. It was the first spacecraft to be placed in a halo orbit at the L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange point and it became the first spacecraft to visit a comet. What is the name of this comet which ICE passed through the plasma tail ?

a)

1P/Halley

b)

21P/Giacobini–Zinner

c)

26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

d)

2P/Encke

11.

He is a retired United States Air Force colonel, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, businessman, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon and became the first of 24 humans to do so, After his NASA days He also became senior vice president for operations at Eastern Air Lines. He became chief executive officer of Eastern in 1975, and chairman of the board in 1976. As of 2022, he is the oldest living former American astronaut. name him

a)

Jim Lovell

b)

Frank Borman

c)

William Anders

d)

Tom Stafford

12.

A lander is a spacecraft that descends towards, comes to rest on, the surface of an astronomical body.

which planet did the first planetary lander successfully  and transmit data from the surface?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

13.

Abbreviated as GTC , which took more than a decade to build, has observed a faint halo of stars 500 million light years away with a mirror that has a diameter of 10.4 metres (34.1 feet).It is the biggest optical telescope in the world as of now. Where is it?

a)

Canada

b)

USA

c)

Spain

d)

Russia

14.

Most extrasolar planets are discovered when they pass in front of their star and dim its light. This dimming is called what?

a)

An Orbit

b)

A Spectrum

c)

A Phase

d)

A transit

15.

On February 20, 1962 the first crewed American orbital spaceflight was launched and After three orbits, the spacecraft re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, splashed down in the North Atlantic Ocean, and was safely taken aboard by USS Noa. What was it called?

a)

Mercury-Atlas 6

b)

Gemini-8

c)

Mercury-Redstone 3

d)

Gemini-9

16.

After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia joined International Space Station programme becoming operational under which Space agency?

a)

RSXEA

b)

RASA

c)

RSA

d)

Roscosmos

17.

The Soyuz and Apollo flights launched within seven-and-a-half hours of each other on 15 July 1975, and docked on 17 July 1975. Three hours later, the two mission commanders, Alexi Leonov and who exchanged the first international handshake in space through the open hatch of the Soyuz.

a)

Jack Lousma

b)

Thomas P. Stafford

c)

Vance D. Brand

d)

Donald K. "Deke" Slayton

18.

A spacewalk is activity done outside of a spacecraft while in orbit above Earth. Which U.S. astronaut was the first to go on a spacewalk?

a)

Ander burgins

b)

Edward white

c)

John Glenn

d)

Jim lovell

19.

Many types of animals have been to space by different countries. Albert II was the first primate to reach space acheiving an altitude of 83 miles (134 km). Primate named Albert sent to sub- space altitude of 39 miles (63 km) before Albert II. How many non- human primates have flew to the space in space programmes?

a)

20

b)

5

c)

17

d)

32

20.

The Arecibo message is an intestellar radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth that was sent in 1974. It was meant as a demonstration of human technological achievement, rather than a real attempt to enter into a conversation with extraterrestrials. To which globular star clusture this message was sent?

a)

M13

b)

VVV CL001

c)

UK 1

d)

UKS 1