Space Flight Trivia

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who was the second man to orbit the Earth? Gus Grissom Alan Shepard Gherman Titov John Glenn

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)

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

4. How many astronauts from the second and third groups never made a spaceflight? 5 4 2 6

5. What did Alan Bean and Pete Conrad take on Apollo 12 that Houston did not know about? a falcon feather golf club and ball first day covers automatic timer for the camera

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)

7. Which Apollo mission was the first to have a crewmember who was not from one of the first three astronaut groups? Apollo 12 Apollo 13 Apollo 15 Apollo 10

8. Who was on the crew of Apollo 16? Armstrong, Pogue and Gibson Stafford, Engle and Givens Young, Mattingly and Duke Lovell, Carr and Worden

9. Who was the first woman to make two spaceflights? Kathryn Sullivan Sally Ride Valentina Tereshkova Svetlana Savitskaya

10. Who was CapCom when Neil Armstrong first left the lunar module and took the first steps on the moon? Owen Garriott Charlie Duke Bruce McCandless Ron Evans

11. Of all the astronauts who flew Apollo missions, who were the only two to fly space shuttle missions? Dick Gordon and John Young Gene Cernan and Ron Evans Pete Conrad and Dave Scott John Young and Ken Mattingly

12. After this moonwalker left the space program, he founded a Baptist ministry called High Flight. Who was it? Charlie Duke Jim Irwin Ed Mitchell Buzz Aldrin

13. Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered spacewalk in 1984. Who was the crewmate that performed the 2nd untethered spacewalk on the same mission? John Creighton Robert Gibson Robert Stewart Ronald McNair

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

15. Which three astronauts served on the backup crew of Apollo 16? Bean, Evans and Lousma Young, Roosa and Duke Haise, Roosa and Mitchell Gordon, Schmitt and Brand

16. How many moonwalkers spent time on Skylab? 0 2 3 1

17. Which two scientist-astronauts chosen in the 4th group never made a spaceflight? Paul Weitz and Don Lind Joe Kerwin and John Bull Duane Graveline and Curt Michel Brian O'Leary and Bill Lenoir

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? Conrad, Bean and Anders Stafford, Collins and Anders Borman, Aldrin and Lovell Borman, Collins and Anders

19. Who was the first to fly in space from the 7th group of astronauts? Karol Bobko Donald Peterson Robert Crippen Henry Hartsfield

20. Who was CapCom when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon? Donn Eisele Ken Mattingly Bruce McCandless Charlie Duke