Space Shuttle Program : Part 1

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. In what year was the first space shuttle launched? 1981 1983 1980 1982

2. How many space shuttles was NASA using in the year 2000? 5 4 3 6

3. The space shuttle mission launched on April 19, 2001 was the ____ space shuttle mission? 101st 105th 103rd 104th

4. White Sands, NM was the site for only one space shuttle landing. Columbia landed there because the landing strip at _________ Air Force Base in California Air Force was too wet? Answer: (One Word)

5. October 29, 1998 was a big day for the space program. The Space Shuttle Discovery launched in to space with this famous astronaut: Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

6. The space shuttle Challenger exploded just over one minute into its launch. What year did this tragedy occur? 1986 1987 1985 1984

7. The first docking with the Russian space station Mir occured in what year? 1994 1997 1996 1995

8. The International Space Station is a breakthrough in space exploration. The construction began in 1997 and was scheduled to continue through what year? 2003 2002 2004 2005

9. Off the wall ... What was the mission number of the first manned moon landing? Apollo 11 Apollo 8 Apollo 9 Apollo12

10. What was the last Apollo mission to go to the moon? Apollo 18 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17