What is Jupiter How long does it Which astronaut was the only one of the made of? take for the Sun's Mercury 7 astronauts light to reach the A) Mostly methane to fly in all three of Earth? B) Mostly NASA's 'Moon Shot' programs (Mercury, hydrogen A) No time it is – Gemini and Apollo)? C) Mostly immediate hydrochloric B) 1 minute A) John Glenn B) Wally Schirra acid C) 8 minutes C) Gus Grissom D) Mostly rock D) 1 hour D) Sally Ride How many of the What are cosmic rays? What is the big red original Mercury 7 spot on Jupiter? astronauts walked on A) an explosion on the A) A hurricane- the moon? Sun B) high energy like storm A) None charged particles system B) 1 originating in B) A gas cloud C) 2 outer space D) All 7 C) Possible life C) charged particles forms trapped by Earth's (Only one, Alan D) Hydrochloric magnetic field Shepard, walked on D) a space tornado acid the moon) What is the Van Allen How far is the nearest What is a parsec? belt? black hole? A) astronomical A) an explosion on the unit of length A) About 1 light year Sun from Earth B) astronomical B) high energy B) About 2 light years unit of time charged particles from Earth originating in outer C) astronomical C) About 1,600 light space unit of mass years from Earth C) charged particles D) astronomical D) The center of the trapped by Earth's unit of density Milky way galaxy magnetic field 25,000 light D) a space tornado years from Earth Who was the first How many flights Who was the first African-American to did Columbia make African-American perform a in its lifetime? astronaut? spacewalk? A) 8 A) John Glenn A) John Glenn B) 18 B) Gus Grissom B) Gus Grissom C) 28 C) Guy Bluford C) Guy Bluford D) 38 D) Bernard Harris D) Bernard Harris
What is Jupiter made of? A) Mostly methane B) Mostly hydrogen C) Mostly hydrochloric acid D) Mostly rock How long does it take for the Sun's light to reach the Earth? A) No time – it is immediate B) 1 minute C) 8 minutes D) 1 hour Which astronaut was the only one of the Mercury 7 astronauts to fly in all three of NASA's 'Moon Shot' programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo)? A) John Glenn B) Wally Schirra C) Gus Grissom D) Sally Ride How many of the original Mercury 7 astronauts walked on the moon? A) None B) 1 C) 2 D) All 7 (Only one, Alan Shepard, walked on the moon) What are cosmic rays? A) an explosion on the Sun B) high energy charged particles originating in outer space C) charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field D) a space tornado What is the big red spot on Jupiter? A) A hurricane- like storm system B) A gas cloud C) Possible life forms D) Hydrochloric acid What is the Van Allen belt? A) an explosion on the Sun B) high energy charged particles originating in outer space C) charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field D) a space tornado What is a parsec? A) astronomical unit of length B) astronomical unit of time C) astronomical unit of mass D) astronomical unit of density How far is the nearest black hole? A) About 1 light year from Earth B) About 2 light years from Earth C) About 1,600 light years from Earth D) The center of the Milky way galaxy 25,000 light years from Earth How many flights did Columbia make in its lifetime? A) 8 B) 18 C) 28 D) 38 Who was the first African-American astronaut? A) John Glenn B) Gus Grissom C) Guy Bluford D) Bernard Harris Who was the first African-American to perform a spacewalk? A) John Glenn B) Gus Grissom C) Guy Bluford D) Bernard Harris
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