Flight and Space Test

The International Space Station (ISS) is important to space exploration because

• It can hold a very large crew (20+ people).

• It can be launched fully assembled from a launch pad on Earth.

• It is good for learning about the effects of microgravity and living in space.

Russia sent the first artificial satellite, ________________, into orbit on Oct. 4th, 1957.

• Explorer

• Apollo

• Sputnik

• Gemini

The largest rocket ever built to date is the

• Heavy Falcon

• Saturn V

• Falcon 9

• Space Shuttle

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In 2025 NASA hopes to have people on

• Mars

• the Moon

• the ISS

• Earth

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What is not true?

• Mars' diameter is smaller than Earth.

• Mars' atmosphere has carbon dioxide while Earth's does not.

• Mars has sand storms called dust devils.

• Mars has water.

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What is not a danger of living in space?

• Bone mass is lost much faster.

• Muscle mass is lost if exercise isn't rigorous enough.

• Vision changes in space and becomes permanent.

• People are exposed to more radiation than on Earth.

When designing space craft for the Moon (rovers, landers, or rockets but not helicopters) aerospace engineers must be concerned with all but...

• impact force (shock absorbers)

• drag

• stabilizers

• lift

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The force that makes a rocket move upward is called

• lift

• thrust

• fuel

• fire

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A rocket demonstrates which of Newton's Laws (first is law of inertia, second is about mass, force, and acceleration, third is for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction).

• First

• Second

• Third

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Air friction with any aerospace vehicle is called _____________.

• gravity

• lift

• drag

• thrust

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