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Space acronyms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What does NASA stand for?

a)

a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

b)

b) North American Space Agency

c)

c) National Aerospace and Satellite Administration

d)

d) New Age Space Association

2.

2. What does ESA represent? 

a)

a) European Space Association

b)

b) European Space Agency

c)

c) Eurasian Space Administration

d)

d) European Satellite Alliance

3.

3. What does GPS stand for?

a)

a) Global Positioning System

b)

b) Geosynchronous Planetary Satellite

c)

c) Ground-based Positioning System

d)

d) Galileo Positioning Service

4.

4. What does ISS stand for?

a)

a) Interstellar Space Station

b)

b) International Space Station

c)

c) Interstellar Satellite System

d)

d) International Satellite Station

5.

5. What does SETI focus on?

a)

a) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

b)

b) Space Exploration and Technology Institute 

c)

c) Solar Energy Transmission Initiative 

d)

d) Satellite Exploration and Terrestrial Investigation

6.

6. What does HST represent? 

a)

a) High-Speed Transmission

b)

b) High Space Telescope

c)

c) Hubble Space Telescope

d)

d) Hyper Space Transport

7.

7. What does SpaceX stand for? 

a)

a) Space Exploration Corporation

b)

 b) Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

c)

c) Space Express

d)

d) Space Expeditionary Command

8.

8. What does EVA mean in space missions? 

a)

a) Extraordinary Venture Assessment

b)

b) Extravehicular Activity

c)

c) Exoplanet Viewing Apparatus

d)

d) Extreme Vacuum Adaptation

9.

9. What does LEO refer to in satellite orbits?

a)

a) Low Earth Orbit

b)

b) Lunar Exploration Objective

c)

c) Longitudinal Ecliptic Orbit 

d)

d) Light Echo Observation

10.

10. What is the purpose of SLS? 

a)

a) Satellite Launch System 

b)

b) Spacecraft Lifting Solution

c)

c) Space Launch System

d)

d) Solar Luminosity Scanner

11.

11. What does CNSA stand for? 

a)

a) China National Space Association

b)

b) Chinese National Satellite Agency

c)

c) China National Space Administratio

d)

d) Central National Space Authority

12.

12. What does DARPA focus on? 

a)

a) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

b)

b) Deep-space Astronomical Research Program Agency

c)

c) Digital Astronautics and Robotics Projects Association 

d)

d) Distributed Aerospace Research and Projects Assembly

13.

13. What does UFO represent in the context of space exploration? 

a)

a) Unidentified Flying Object

b)

b) Unified Fleet Operations 

c)

c) Universal Frontier Observatory 

d)

d) Uncharted Frontier Outpost

14.

14. What does JWST stand for?

a)

a) James Webb Space Telescope

b)

b) Jupiter World Surveillance Telescope

c)

c) Joint Wide Spectrum Transceiver

d)

d) Jet Wash Space Tug

15.

15. What does OCO stand for? 

a)

a) Orbital Carbon Observatory

b)

b) Oceanic Climate Observer

c)

c) Outer Cosmos Observation

d)

d) Orbital Cargo Operator

16.

16. What does DSN stand for?

a)

a) Deep Space Network

b)

b) Deep Space Navigation

c)

c) Directed Satellite Network

d)

d) Data Storage Node

17.

17. What does VASIMR represent?

a)

a) Variable-Speed Ion Momentum Rocket

b)

b) Virtual Astronaut Simulation and Research

c)

c) Venera Advanced Spacecraft for Interstellar Mission Research

d)

d) Vacuum Assisted Spacecraft Interceptor and Manipulator

18.

18. What does ALMA stand for?

a)

a) Advanced Laser Mapping Array

b)

b) Advanced Lunar Mapping Agency

c)

c) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

d)

d) Astronomical Laser Measurement Apparatus 

19.

19. What does MOXIE represent?

a)

a) Mars Oxidizer In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment

b)

b) Martian Oxygen eXtraction and Infiltration Experiment

c)

c) Mission Operations X-ray Investigation and Experimentation

d)

d) Mars Orbit X-ray Imaging Experiment

20.

20. What does ISSR&D focus on?

a)

a) International Space Station Research & Development

b)

b) Interstellar Spacecraft System Research & Design

c)

c) International Satellite Systems Research & Deployment 

d)

d) Interplanetary Space Science Research & Documentation