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- From: oliver@vf.jsc.nasa.gov
- Subject: Trivia quiz
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.132612.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System)
- Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Date: 22 Dec 92 13:26:12 -0600
-
- The December 18th Space News Roundup (The JSC paper) published a trivia quiz.
- To give everyone something to do over the holidays I thought I would post some
- of the questions. I'll post the answers next week to give everyone ample time
- to find the answers.
-
- 1. What shuttle flight had the first all-rookie crew?
-
- 2. What shuttle flight the first all-veteran crew?
-
- 3. Name all the moon walkers.
-
- 4. Which ocean did the first American manned orbital spacecraft land in?
-
- 5. What did Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan call their Gemini IX rendezvous
- target, whose aerodynamic shroud got snagged?
-
- 6. With the current manafest, who will be the first American woman to fly
- in space four times?
-
- 7. With the current manafest, who will be the first man to fly on the shuttle
- five times?
-
- 8. What four signatures are on the plaque mounted to the leg on the Apollo 11
- lunar module?
-
- 9. To verify Galileo's premise about equal falling speed for two masses, Dave
- Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the moon. What kind of feather?
-
- 10. What astronaut has flown with the most number of different individuals?
-
- 11. Which president signed Executive Order No. 10849 establishing the NASA
- seal and meatball?
-
- 12. How many foreign payload specialists flew on board space shuttle orbiters
- in 1992?
-
- 13. What countries did they represent?
-
- 14. How many rookie astronauts made their first space flight in 1992?
-
- 15. Astronauts Dan Brandenstein and Robert "Hoot" Gibson commanded the space
- vehicle "Endeavour". Who commanded the space vehicle "Endeavor"?
-
- 16. What date is the anniversary of three shuttle flights since return to
- flight?
-
- 17. Who was honored with the Oscar that flew on STS-45?
-
- 18. What astronauts received Emmys?
-
- 19. What was the first delivery for the Ace Moving Company?
-
- 20. What three men went to the moon twice?
-
- 21. Which astronaut wrote the book "How Do You Use the Bathroom in Space"?
-
- 22. Who sang "I was walking on the Moon one day"?
-
- 23. What satellite, including transponder, is NASA select carried on?
-
- 24. Besides the JSC Building 31 vault, where are the bulk of the pristine
- lunar samples stored?
-
- 25. Not counting Apollo-Soyuz, who was the first non-American to fly on a
- U.S. spacecraft?
-
- 26. What suttle astronaut holds the record for the most EVA time?
-
- 27. How many technical and weather delays did John Glenn have before Friendship
- 7 was launched?
-
- 28. Who said "I felt red, white, and blue all over"?
-
- 29. Who described the moon as "A very dark and unappetizing place"?
-
- 30. How many Saturn V's flew?
-
-
- --
-
- Pat Oliver - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC
- OLIVER@vf.jsc.nasa.gov
- All standard disclamers apply.
-