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Space Flight Trivia Trivia Quiz

A few trivia questions for space buffs. Hope you enjoy the quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by Polaris101. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Polaris101

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,904

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

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1747

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who was the second man to orbit the Earth? Hint

Gherman Titov

John Glenn

Alan Shepard

Gus Grissom

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Question 2 of 20

2. On Gemini 9, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan were to rendezvous and dock with a target vehicle. The shroud on the target vehicle failed to fully open and could not be jettisoned. How did Tom Stafford describe the target vehicle? It looked like an _____?

Answer: (Two Words - both start with A)

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Question 3 of 20

3. The command module for Apollo 17 was named Challenger.

True

False

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Question 4 of 20

4. How many astronauts from the second and third groups never made a spaceflight? Hint

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Question 5 of 20

5. What did Alan Bean and Pete Conrad take on Apollo 12 that Houston did not know about? Hint

golf club and ball

a falcon feather

automatic timer for the camera

first day covers

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Question 6 of 20

6. This question goes back to the early days of rocketry at the Cape. So many of this particular rocket ended up going into the water, the engineers referred to the waters surrounding the Cape as _________-infested waters.

Answer: (One Word - five letters)

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which Apollo mission was the first to have a crewmember who was not from one of the first three astronaut groups? Hint

Apollo 13

Apollo 15

Apollo 12

Apollo 10

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who was on the crew of Apollo 16? Hint

Stafford, Engle and Givens

Armstrong, Pogue and Gibson

Lovell, Carr and Worden

Young, Mattingly and Duke

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who was the first woman to make two spaceflights? Hint

Sally Ride

Kathryn Sullivan

Svetlana Savitskaya

Valentina Tereshkova

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who was CapCom when Neil Armstrong first left the lunar module and took the first steps on the moon? Hint

Bruce McCandless

Ron Evans

Charlie Duke

Owen Garriott

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Question 11 of 20

11. Of all the astronauts who flew Apollo missions, who were the only two to fly space shuttle missions? Hint

John Young and Ken Mattingly

Pete Conrad and Dave Scott

Dick Gordon and John Young

Gene Cernan and Ron Evans

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Question 12 of 20

12. After this moonwalker left the space program, he founded a Baptist ministry called High Flight. Who was it? Hint

Jim Irwin

Ed Mitchell

Charlie Duke

Buzz Aldrin

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Question 13 of 20

13. Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered spacewalk in 1984. Who was the crewmate that performed the 2nd untethered spacewalk on the same mission? Hint

John Creighton

Robert Gibson

Robert Stewart

Ronald McNair

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Question 14 of 20

14. Story Musgrave was selected with the 8th group of astronauts.

True

False

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which three astronauts served on the backup crew of Apollo 16? Hint

Young, Roosa and Duke

Bean, Evans and Lousma

Gordon, Schmitt and Brand

Haise, Roosa and Mitchell

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Question 16 of 20

16. How many moonwalkers spent time on Skylab? Hint

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Question 17 of 20

17. Which two scientist-astronauts chosen in the 4th group never made a spaceflight? Hint

Joe Kerwin and John Bull

Duane Graveline and Curt Michel

Brian O'Leary and Bill Lenoir

Paul Weitz and Don Lind

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Question 18 of 20

18. The three astronauts who flew around the moon on Apollo 8 were not the original three on the crew. Which three were on the original crew? Hint

Conrad, Bean and Anders

Stafford, Collins and Anders

Borman, Aldrin and Lovell

Borman, Collins and Anders

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who was the first to fly in space from the 7th group of astronauts? Hint

Robert Crippen

Henry Hartsfield

Donald Peterson

Karol Bobko

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who was CapCom when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon? Hint

Ken Mattingly

Donn Eisele

Charlie Duke

Bruce McCandless

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the second man to orbit the Earth?

Answer: Gherman Titov

Gherman Titov flew the Vostok 2 mission on August 6, 1961. He orbited for just over a day and suffered from bouts of motion sickness. Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom both flew prior to Titov but flew sub-orbital missions. John Glenn was the first American and the 3rd man to orbit the Earth.

Answer: Angry Alligator

This mission had problems to begin with, the original target Agena was launched and plunged into the Atlantic. The uncooperative target vehicle was actually the backup. Rendezvous and station keeping were still accomplished.

3. The command module for Apollo 17 was named Challenger.

Answer: False

The lunar module was called Challenger and the command module was called America. Columbia and Endeavor are also shuttle names that had been used in the Apollo program.

4. How many astronauts from the second and third groups never made a spaceflight?

Answer: 5

One, Charlie Bassett, from the second group and four from the third group. Charlie Bassett and Elliot See died when their plane crashed into the building where their Gemini capsule was being prepared. Roger Chaffee died in the pad fire of Apollo 1. Ted Freeman and C. C. Williams died in T-38 accidents.

5. What did Alan Bean and Pete Conrad take on Apollo 12 that Houston did not know about?

Answer: automatic timer for the camera

They were going to take a picture of the two of them together and have a good laugh when mission control wondered who had taken the picture. They couldn't find the timer in the bottom of their tool carrier during the EVA and had to scrap the idea.

Answer: Snark

If you ever visit the Kennedy Space Center and take the Cape tour, you can see one.

7. Which Apollo mission was the first to have a crewmember who was not from one of the first three astronaut groups?

Answer: Apollo 13

Fred Haise and Jack Swigert came from the 5th group of astronauts.

8. Who was on the crew of Apollo 16?

Answer: Young, Mattingly and Duke

I was recently rereading "The All-American Boys" and Walt Cunningham commented that he didn't think one in a hundred people could name the crew of Apollo 16 due to the hoopla about the first day cover scandal on Apollo 15. That was in 1977, how many can name them now?

9. Who was the first woman to make two spaceflights?

Answer: Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Savitskaya was also the second woman in space and the first woman to perform an EVA. Sally Ride was the first American woman to make two spaceflights, Kathryn Sullivan was the first American woman to perform an EVA and Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.

10. Who was CapCom when Neil Armstrong first left the lunar module and took the first steps on the moon?

Answer: Bruce McCandless

McCandless made his first spaceflight 18 years after joining NASA on STS-41B in 1984, during which he performed the first untethered spacewalk.

11. Of all the astronauts who flew Apollo missions, who were the only two to fly space shuttle missions?

Answer: John Young and Ken Mattingly

Young commanded the first shuttle mission in 1981 and also commanded STS-9. Mattingly commanded STS-4 & STS-51C.

12. After this moonwalker left the space program, he founded a Baptist ministry called High Flight. Who was it?

Answer: Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 15. Along with commander Dave Scott, Irwin spent 66.9 hours on the lunar surface at Hadley Rille.

13. Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered spacewalk in 1984. Who was the crewmate that performed the 2nd untethered spacewalk on the same mission?

Answer: Robert Stewart

The MMU or Manned Maneuvering Unit was first used on Challenger mission STS-41B in 1984.

14. Story Musgrave was selected with the 8th group of astronauts.

Answer: False

Musgrave was selected with the scientist-astronaut group 6 in 1967. They nicknamed themselves the XS-11 and in addition to Musgrave, the group included Joe Allen, Phil Chapman, Anthony England, Karl Henize, Don Holmquest, Bill Lenoir, John Llewellyn, Brian O'Leary, Robert Parker, and William Thornton.

15. Which three astronauts served on the backup crew of Apollo 16?

Answer: Haise, Roosa and Mitchell

Young, Roosa and Duke were the backup crew for Apollo 17, Gordon, Schmitt and Brand were backup for Apollo 15, and Bean, Evans and Lousma were backup for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

16. How many moonwalkers spent time on Skylab?

Answer: 2

Pete Conrad was the 3rd man on the moon and commanded the first manned Skylab mission. Alan Bean was the 4th man on the moon and commanded the second manned Skylab mission.

17. Which two scientist-astronauts chosen in the 4th group never made a spaceflight?

Answer: Duane Graveline and Curt Michel

Both Graveline and Michel resigned before making a spaceflight. Kerwin was also from the 4th group, Bull, Weitz and Lind were from the 5th group and Lenoir and O'Leary were from the 6th group.

18. The three astronauts who flew around the moon on Apollo 8 were not the original three on the crew. Which three were on the original crew?

Answer: Borman, Collins and Anders

Michael Collins needed surgery and his backup, Jim Lovell joined the prime crew. This change resulted in Collins ending up on the first moon landing flight and Lovell on the ill-fated Apollo 13.

19. Who was the first to fly in space from the 7th group of astronauts?

Answer: Robert Crippen

Crippen flew the first shuttle mission with John Young in 1981. The 7th group was transferred from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1969. In addition to those mentioned, the group also included Gordon Fullerton, Robert Overmyer and Richard Truly. All 7 flew in the space shuttle program.

20. Who was CapCom when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon?

Answer: Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke let Apollo 11 know that everyone was breathing again at mission control after the lunar module touched down with very little fuel remaining. He later walked on the moon in the Descartes Highlands with John Young on Apollo 16.

Source: Author Polaris101

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