Rocket History Quiz


Welcome to my rocket history quiz! This quiz contains twenty multiple choice and written repsonse questions. Before starting the quiz please enter your name, email, and TUID in their respective textboxes. The written response questions are worth more than the multiple choice quesitons, leaving those unanswered will result in a low quiz score. After finishing the exam make sure you hit the blue sumbit quiz button at the end of the page to submit your quiz and see your score. Good luck on your quiz!


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  1. What was the rocket that first took humans to the moon called?
    4 Points
  2. Who is referred to as the father of modern rocketry?
    4 Points
  3. What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?
    4 Points
  4. Which country launched the first satellite?
    4 Points
  5. What year did the Apollo 11 mission land on the moon?
    4 Points
  6. Who were the first two astronauts to walk on the moon?
    4 Points
  7. What was the name of the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars?
    4 Points
  8. Which American company is known for its reusable rocket?
    6 Points
  9. Who was the first human to travel into space?
    6 Points
  10. What is the name of the spacecraft that brough the first humans to Mars?
    6 Points
  11. Which rocket was used to launch the Hubble Space Telescope?
    6 Points
  12. Which rocket was used to launch the James Webb Space Telescope?
    6 Points
  13. Which space agency launched the Voyager probes?
    6 Points
  14. What is the name of the NASA program that aims to bring humans back to the moon?
    6 Points
  15. What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disater happen?
    10 Points
  16. Which spacecraft first carried humans to the International Space Station?
    10 Points
  17. What was the name of the first American satellite to launch into space?
    10 Points
  18. What was the name of the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon?
    10 Points
  19. Which space agency launched the Curiosity rover to mars?
    5 Points
  20. What is the reusable rocket system that Blue Origin is developing?
    5 Points