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Topic: Space exploration history trivia questions
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garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-12-2012 08:00 AM
   
I think the first telecom satellite was Telstar. Don't know the other answers. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-12-2012 11:32 AM
The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite over North America in 1962.Telstar 1 relayed its first, and non-public, television pictures—a flag outside Andover Earth Station—to Pleumeur-Bodou on July 11, 1962. Almost two weeks later, on July 23, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, it relayed the first publicly available live transatlantic television signal. The broadcast was made possible in Europe by Eurovision and in North America by NBC, CBS, ABC, and the CBC. The first public broadcast featured CBS's Walter Cronkite and NBC's Chet Huntley in New York, and the BBC's Richard Dimbleby in Brussels. The first pictures were the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 10-12-2012 03:41 PM
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Originally posted by moorouge:
Talking about telecommunications - when was the first broadcast made from space using which satellite and who made it?
Not Telstar. The first broadcast made from space was on or shortly after 18th December 1958 by the Score satellite. It consisted of a brief, pre-recorded Christmas message by President Eisenhower and was made using an onboard tape recorder.The first active message was made on 4th October 1960 using the Courier 1B satellite. A message, again by President Eisenhower, was transmitted from the Deal Test Site and received by a ground station in Puerto Rico. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-16-2012 10:25 AM
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Originally posted by Philip:
Which was the first 100% commercially sponsored manned space mission?
Japanese cosmonaut Toyohiro Akiyama during Soyuz TM-11 to the MIR space station in December 1990.He flew as a reporter/space tourist for the Japanese television network TBS. His female back-up was Ryoko Kikuchi and on launch day, STS-35 was launched as well! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3207
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-01-2012 09:15 AM
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Originally posted by LM-12:
Which NASA astronauts made their rookie flights in Russian spacecraft?
Michael Fincke (TMA-4)
Michael Barratt (TMA-14)
Timothy Creamer (TMA-17)
Shannon Walker (TMA-19) |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-08-2012 09:37 AM
Were the Gemini spacecraft launched without a launch abort system - escape tower? |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-10-2012 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by Philip:
Were the Gemini spacecraft launched without a launch abort system - escape tower?
True. They had ejection seats. |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 09:41 AM
Among the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts, Jim Lovell holds this "record." Tied for second place are Gordon Cooper and Tom Stafford. Can you figure out what the accomplishment is? |
topmiler
Member Posts: 148
From: eastleigh, hampshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 01-06-2013 10:01 AM
Most miles flown. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-06-2013 11:13 AM
Not most miles flown - Skylab 4 crew hold this record by a long way.On edit - Lovell does hold one record though it's impossible to say when he achieved it. [Clue - was on an Apollo flight] |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 02:01 PM
Nope, nothing to do with miles flown.One hint: in the cases of both Lovell and Stafford, it happened because of the misfortune of others. At least twice for Lovell, in fact. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 05:25 PM
Lovell flew the most times in place of the original crew member selected: Elliot See, Mike Collins, Alan Shepard.Stafford also flew because of the Gemini 9 original crew being killed. Am I on the right track? |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 05:42 PM
Right track, yes, sort of — in the sense that some of those things resulted in what I'm looking for. Although Shepard (and by extension Apollo 13/14) is not involved at all. |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-06-2013 06:11 PM
This might be a WAG, but Lovell flew the furthest from Earth (Apollo 8). Due to it only being a lunar fly-by, I believe their lunar altitude would have been higher than those of the following missions. But like I said, it may be a WAG! |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 07:41 PM
Nope. I don't know if that's true or not as far as Apollo 8 flying the furthest from Earth, but if it was, that would mean he was tied with Borman and Anders, not by himself (and just ahead of Stafford and Cooper).  I'll give it one more day. Last hint: you gotta think numerically and progressively. Shoot, my "hints" might just make it worse, I dunno... |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-06-2013 07:58 PM
I'll give it a shot.There were only two missions between Cooper's first (MA-9) and second (GT-5) flights. There were only two missions (at least numerically) between Stafford's first (GT-6A) and second (GT-9A) flights. There was only one mission between Lovell's second (GT-12) and third (A-8) flights. I'll spit if I have this wrong. |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 08:11 PM
Cha-ching, Mike! "Shortest interval between flights in terms of intervening flights rather than time" is how I was thinking it. Your explanation is probably simpler.I believe Crippen equaled the only-one-flight-in-between mark during the shuttle program. No idea if anyone else did. Did anyone ever fly consecutive flights? I have some vague recollection that that might have happened, but I might be completely off about that. |
canyon42
Member Posts: 238
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 08:15 PM
Oh, and I forgot to mention that yeah, Stafford's case is a tricky one "numerically," since Gemini 6A launched after Gemini 7. That being the case, you could argue that there was really only one mission in between Stafford's first two flights. However, it's also true that 6A came DOWN before Gemini 7, so you could also say that Gemini 7 and 8 both came "in between" 6A and 9. Whichever. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3207
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 01-06-2013 08:21 PM
Stephen Bowen flew consecutive shuttle flights on STS-132 and STS-133. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-06-2013 08:24 PM
Great!! What did I win??Yep, one flight between 41C and 41G for Bob Crippen. There was also "one flight between" for Jim Halsell, Roger Crouch, Susan Still, Don Thomas, Jan Voss and Mike Gernhardt (STS-83 and the "reflown" STS-94). Hoot Gibson came close with two intervening flights between his assignments to STS-61C and STS-27. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-06-2013 11:43 PM
Pinky Nelson: one flight between 61C and 26. |
MattJL
Member Posts: 57
From: New Jersey, US
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-06-2013 11:50 PM
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Originally posted by Gonzo:
This might be a WAG, but Lovell flew the furthest from Earth (Apollo 8).
I think you're thinking of 13. If I recall correctly, the reason was 13 being on a free-return trajectory, so it was ~100 kilometers higher up than orbital altitude. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-07-2013 01:04 AM
You're correct. Lovell with respective crew members can claim to have been further away from mother Earth than any other human.However, there is a catch. Because the distance to the Moon is constantly changing even during the course of a flight, it is almost impossible to compute the exact distance and whether he achieved this on Apollo 8 or Apollo 13. Couple more trivia for you. Stafford does hold one record by himself. What? And what mission holds the record for the lowest Earth orbit? |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-07-2013 02:58 AM
I would say the most number of times an astronaut was loaded into the spacecraft awaiting launch and then had to climb out again because of a scrub. Twice for Gemini 6 and twice for Gemini 9.I'll guess Gemini 3 at 93 miles perigee. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-07-2013 04:48 AM
Correct for the second. For a short time on its third orbit Gemini 3 had a perigee of 83 kms.OK - yes, Stafford does have the distinction of being the 'elevator astronaut', but that's not what I was thinking of. The Russian equivalent of this record is Shatalov. (Always with the proviso unless someone knows better!) On edit - another couple of trivia for you to ponder on. What have Gemini 3 and Voskhod 1 in common beside being the first two man crews of their respective nations and what do Aurora 7 and Voskhod 1 have in common? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-07-2013 12:49 PM
Wouldn't the elevator astronaut distinction belong to Steve Hawley? By this article, Hawley recalls it happening "Something like 15 or 16 times."And then there's this thread. Anyone want to take a stab at listing them all? The 41-D launch abort was first. The 61-C scrub on Dec. 19 was the second, and the Jan. 6 scrub was the third. There were others, but STS-31R scrubbed at least once with the crew inside, tying Stafford. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-08-2013 04:51 AM
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Originally posted by Hart Sastrowardoyo:
Wouldn't the elevator astronaut distinction belong to Steve Hawley?
How many of Steve Hawley's 15 or 16 were with him actually strapped in and ready to launch? All of Stafford's were. And to answer my other question about Stafford. He holds, as far as I'm aware, the shortest time between flights - just over 6 months between Gemini 6 and 9. Shatalov's Russian equivalent record is about 9 months between Soyuz 4 and 5.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-08-2013 06:43 AM
The entire STS-83 crew flew again on STS-94 three months after landing. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-08-2013 08:11 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
The entire STS-83 crew flew again on STS-94 three months after landing.
You're quite correct Robert, though don't hold with all this modern stuff myself. Was 84 days between flights, though on same basic mission. |
moorouge
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From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-09-2013 12:24 PM
I suppose I'd better give the answers to my other two questions.Gemini 3 and Voskhod 2 besides being the first two-man craft of their respective nations are also the shortest duration missions. Aurora 7 and Voskhod 2 share the distinction of having the longest overshoot on a planned recovery. In the case of Aurora 7 this was some 400km long, in the case of Voskhod 2 it was one orbit and 1440km long. You can award yourselves a distinction grade if you spot my deliberate mistake in setting the questions and a pass mark if you learn that sometimes the obvious answers are the correct ones. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-04-2013 07:53 PM
Can you spot the mistake in this Gemini 12 photo taken at the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-04-2013 08:01 PM
Crews of 6 and 7 are reversed |
FullThrottle
Member Posts: 93
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-04-2013 08:01 PM
Gemini 6 and 7 Crew members are reversed! 7 was fourteen days in the men's room flight... I bet Lovell got a good chuckle out of that one right around the time this photograph was taken! Nice picture, thanks for posting it! |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-04-2013 08:23 PM
That was an easy one. The crew names are listed in the order they launched, but the 6 and 7 numbers are not. Is that sign still around, in the KSCVC perhaps?Here is a wider view of that same event. http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1966/medium/KSC-66P-0559.jpg |
SkyMan1958
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From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 11-08-2013 03:43 PM
Which cosmonaut in 1995, AFTER the collapse of the USSR, ran for the Russian Duma as a Communist Party member? |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 11-26-2013 04:15 AM
Which moonwalker has an identical twin brother? |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-31-2013 08:48 PM
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Originally posted by SkyMan1958:
Which cosmonaut in 1995, AFTER the collapse of the USSR, ran for the Russian Duma as a Communist Party member?
Gherman Titov per Wikipedia - "Following his space flight, Titov assumed various senior positions in the Soviet space programme until his retirement in 1992. In 1995, he was elected to the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party. He died of cardiac arrest in his sauna at the age of 65 in Moscow [in 2000]" |
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