Secret Space Missions Quiz

Secret Space Missions Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was unusual about the space suits found by Dan Oakland and Henry Butler?

They were green and had no labels.

They were yellow and labeled with symbols.

They were blue and labeled with numbers.

They were red and labeled with letters.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was Richard E. Lawyer in relation to the secret military space program?

An Air Force test pilot

A Soviet spy

A space historian

A NASA astronaut

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of the Man Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program?

To develop new rocket technology

To establish a lunar base

To deploy spies in space

To send the first man to Mars

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a major flaw of the Corona spy satellite program?

Inability to launch

Poor camera technology

Lack of funding

Excessive weight

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the public cover story for the MOL program?

A mission to Mars

A new satellite communication system

A weather observation project

A step towards manned moon missions

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the MOL program canceled in 1969?

Better satellite imaging technology

Lack of interest

Political pressure

Technical failures

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who eventually became the administrator of NASA in 1989?

Richard Truly

Henry Butler

Richard E. Lawyer

Dan Oakland

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