Rocket Development

Question 1

When did Archytas develop the flying wooden pigeon?

Answer 1

400 BCE

Question 2

When did Hero develop the Hero engine?

Answer 2

100 BCE

Question 3

When did the Chinese develop fireworks for religious celebrations?

Answer 3

The first century CE

Question 4

When did the Chinese use rockets in war against the Mongols?

Answer 4

1232 CE

Question 5

Who improved gunpowder, increasing range?

Answer 5

Roger Bacon

Question 6

Who launched rockets through tubes to increase accuracy?

Answer 6

Jean Froissart

Question 7

When did Sir Isaac Newton develop his laws of motion?

Answer 7

Late 17th century

Question 8

The national anthem was based off of what kind of rocket?

Answer 8

Congreve rockets

Question 9

Who developed spin stabilization

Answer 9

William Hale

Question 10

Father of modern aeronautics

Answer 10

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Question 11

Tsiokovsky proposed the idea of space travel by rocket when?

Answer 11

1898

Question 12

When did Tsiolkovsky propose liquid fuel for rockets would increase range?

Answer 12

1903

Question 13

Father of modern rocketry

Answer 13

Dr. Robert H. Goddard

Question 14

(Blank) experimented with solid fuel rockets, then later liquid fuel, developing the fore-runner of modern rockets. (Blank) also developed a gyroscope system, a payload compartment, and recovery system.

Answer 14

Dr. Robert H. Goddard

Question 15

Who published a book about rocket travel into outer space, inspiring small rocket societies around the world?

Answer 15

Hermann Oberth

Question 16

When did Hermann Oberth publish his book about space travel that inspired small rocket societies around the world?

Answer 16

1923

Question 17

Who developed the V-2 rocket?

Answer 17

Wernher von Braun

Question 18

Father of the Soviet space program

Answer 18

Sergei Korolev

Question 19

When did Sergei Korloev develop the first successful intercontinental Soviet missile?

Answer 19

August 1957

Question 20

Sputnik launch date

Answer 20

October 4, 1957

Question 21

Worlds first artificial satellite

Answer 21

Sputnik 1

Question 22

First US satellite, Explorer 1, launch date

Answer 22

January 31, 1958

Question 23

Explorer 1 discovered __________

Answer 23

The Van Allen radiation belts

Question 24

When was NASA founded?

Answer 24

July 29, 1958

Question 25

First person to orbit earth (name and date)

Answer 25

Yuri Gagarin, April 1962

Question 26

First American in space (Name, date, rocket)

Answer 26

Alan Shepherd, May 1961, mercury capsule Freedom 7

Question 27

How long did Alan Shepherd’s flight last and what altitude did he reach?

Answer 27

15 min, 116 miles (187 kilometers)

Question 28

When did John Kennedy announce the objective of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade?

Answer 28

May 25, 1961

Question 29

First American to orbit earth (name, date, rocket)

Answer 29

John Glenn, February 1962, Mercury capsule Friendship 7

Question 30

When did the Apollo program start?

Answer 30

1968

Question 31

When was Apollo 17?

Answer 31

1972

Question 32

When did the Apollo missions end?

Answer 32

1975

Question 33

What did Gemini do that paved the way for the Apollo missions? (Three things)

Answer 33

Rendezvous and docking procedures, extended duration (14 day) missions

Question 34

When was the moon landing?

Answer 34

July 20, 1969

Question 35

First man to walk on the moon (name, date, mission)

Answer 35

Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, Apollo 11

Question 36

First US space station (name, date)

Answer 36

Skylab, May 1973