General Awareness: Space Station quiz

1. What is the name of the first component of the space station to be launched into orbit?

a) Destiny
b) Unity
c) Zvezda
d) Zarya

The correct answer is d) Zarya


2. The service module, named Zvezda, became home for the space station's first full-time crew in what year?

a) 1999
b) 2000
c) 2001
d) 2002

The correct answer is b) 2000


3. Which of the participating space agency laboratories was deployed most recently?

a) Canadian
b) Japanese
c) European
d) Brazilian

The correct answer is c) European

4. Where does the space station orbit?

a) Low Earth Orbit
b) High Earth Orbit
c) Geosynchronous Orbit
d) Polar Orbit

The correct answer is a) Low Earth Orbit


5. As of December 2007, how many extra-vehicular activities (or "spacewalks") have been carried out for the assembly and maintenance of the ISS?

a) 20
b) 50
c) 80
d) 100

The correct answer is d) 100

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