Quiz #009 Difficulty: Medium More Firsts in Space
1. Which astronaut first played golf on the 8. Who was the first person of African Moon? descent to fly in space? A) Ben Hogan A) Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez S B) Alan Shepard B) Guion “Guy” Bluford P C) Buzz Aldrin C) Mae Jemison A 2. Which two astronauts piloted the first 9. What species of animal was first to fly in orbital Space Shuttle mission? space? C A) Joe Engle and Richard Truly A) Spider B) Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton B) Dog E C) John Young and Robert Crippen C) Fruit fly 3. Who was the first member of the US Congress to fly aboard a Space Shuttle? Answers: H A) Utah Senator Jake Garn B) 1. (B) Shepard, also the first American in Ohio Senator John Glenn space (May 1961), golfed during the I C) Florida Senator Bill Nelson Apollo 14 mission (January 1971). 2. (C) The other two groups were the Shuttle S 4. Which rocket launched the first US Approach and Landing Test crews. satellite, Explorer I, into orbit? 3. (A) Sen. Garn flew on STS 51D in 1985. T A) Jupiter 2 4. (B) Juno 1 was derived from the Jupter C B) Juno 1 sounding rocket. O C) 5. (A) During the Apollo 8 mission, Borman, Jupiter C Lovell, and Anders participated in six TV R broadcasts. The fourth took place while 5. Which space mission showed the first orbiting the Moon; the surface can be Y live TV broadcast of the lunar surface? seen—albeit hazily—through the window. A) Apollo 8 6. (C) Jemison flew first on STS-47 in 1992. B) Apollo 10 Wilson and Higginbotham were second C) and third. Apollo 11 7. (B) Félicette (1963) C 8. (A) Gen. Tamayo Méndez was also the 6. Who was the first African American first Cuban and Latin American to fly H woman to fly in space? (Soyuz 38, 1980). Bluford was the first A) Stephanie Wilson African American man and Jemison the A B) Joan Higginbotham first African American woman. C) Mae Jemison 9. (C) The fruit flies were launched on a US L V-2 rocket in 1947 and recovered alive. 7. The USSR sent the first dog (Laika) into L space and the US sent the first monkey Sponsored by: SPADE Indexes LLC (Albert II). Which country sent the first cat? E A) India B) France N C) China G E™ Created by: SPACE 3.0 For more quizzes, visit us at: Released: July 2020 SpaceCommerce.org/challenge