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Give Us More Space

written by: shimonbentzvi

This is a thematic quiz about humankind's exploration of outer space.

Question 1:

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?

He developed AIDS and was not treated.
A plane he was piloting was shot down by Chechen rebels.
He was killed in an car accident.
He was killed in a plane crash.

Question 2:

American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?

Charleton Heston
Perry Como
Walter Brennan
Nat "King" Cole

Question 3:

On October 24, 1960, over 100 people died in the Soviet Union, in a rocket explosion that was not reported until the 1990's.

False
True

Question 4:

This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.

Alexi Petronov
Aleksei Leonov
Grigori Nelyubov
Vladimir Komarov

Question 5:

The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?

His Soyuz 1 capsule landed on hard ground rather than making a soft, water landing.
The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.
His Soyuz 1 capsule burnt up in space because the heat shields were inadequate.
The capsule of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft burned upon re-entry, due to damage to the heat shields.

Question 6:

What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?

Roger Chaffee
Jim Lovell
Ed White
Gus Grissom

Question 7:

On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?

Mars' gravitation forces were greater than expected.
Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft
A mechanical fault in the protective shield
The atmospheric stresses and friction were greater than expected.

Question 8:

This year was fatal for Russian space exploration, because after a normal re-entry of the capsule of the Soyuz 11 mission, the ground team opened the capsule to find the crew dead.

1971
1982
1984
1989

Question 9:

Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?

Astronauts tend to have elevated testosterone levels in space.
Astronauts tend to have memory problems during longer flights.
Astronauts tend to have a decreased capacity for exercise and brain activity when in outer space.
Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.

Question 10:

On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?

Some worms
A mouse
Some rod-shaped bacteria
An android

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