80 Spacex And Private Spaceflight Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which company arranged Dennis Tito’s 2001 trip to the International Space Station?
Answer
Space Adventures
Which company founded the commercial space-station venture Axiom Station?
Answer
Axiom Space
What engine powers Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket?
Answer
Rutherford
Which company developed the Peregrine lunar lander?
Answer
Astrobotic Technology
What was the name of the inflatable module attached to the International Space Station in 2016?
Answer
Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
Who founded SpaceX in 2002?
Answer
Elon Musk
What is the name of Rocket Lab’s launch complex on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula?
Answer
Launch Complex 1
What was the name of SpaceX’s first orbital rocket?
Answer
Falcon 1
How high did SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission reach at its highest point in 2024?
Answer
About 1,400 kilometres
Who founded Virgin Galactic, the private spaceflight company that operates SpaceShipTwo?
Answer
Richard Branson
What was the name of the island launch site used for SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rockets?
Answer
Omelek Island
From which Kennedy Space Center launch complex did SpaceX launch Crew Dragon Demo-2 in May 2020?
Answer
Launch Complex 39A
Who commanded SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission in September 2021?
Answer
Jared Isaacman
What is the name of SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation?
Answer
Starlink
How much prize money did the Ansari X Prize award for the first privately funded human spaceflight?
Answer
10 million dollars
What is the name of the SpaceX spacecraft that carried the Inspiration4 crew into orbit in 2021?
Answer
Crew Dragon Resilience