Space Shuttle and the International Space Station

Science

The Space Shuttle was humanity's first reusable spacecraft, and the ISS is the greatest engineering collaboration in history. Explore 30 years of Shuttle missions and the remarkable story of a space station permanently home to humans since the year 2000.

50 XP
Reward
10
Questions
5–10 min
Time
Q1 Question 1 of 10

What made the Space Shuttle unique compared to all previous spacecraft?

Q2 Question 2 of 10

How many Space Shuttle orbiters were built, and what were their names?

Q3 Question 3 of 10

What caused the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986?

Q4 Question 4 of 10

What caused the Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003?

Q5 Question 5 of 10

What famous space telescope was launched by the Space Shuttle in 1990?

Q6 Question 6 of 10

When did the first permanent crew arrive at the International Space Station?

Q7 Question 7 of 10

At approximately what altitude does the ISS orbit Earth, and how often does it complete one orbit?

Q8 Question 8 of 10

Which countries are partners in the International Space Station program?

Q9 Question 9 of 10

How many times did the Space Shuttle service the Hubble Space Telescope?

Q10 Question 10 of 10

When is the International Space Station scheduled to be deorbited, and how?