POP QUIZ ( After 30 years, shuttle era comes to an end)

With Thursday's landing of the Atlantis, the 30-year space shuttle program came to an end. 
Let's look back.
1. Which shuttle was the first to lift off for space, on April 12, 1981?
a) Enterprise
b) Columbia
c) Challenger
d) Discovery
2. Last week's mission is officially known as STS-135, as in 135 shuttle flights.  What does the STS stand for?
a) Shuttle Transportation Service
b) Servicing the Stars
c) Space Transportation System
d) Space Taxi Syndicate
3. Each member of STS-135's three-man and one-woman crew had flown on a shuttle before.
a) True
b) False
4. Which of the Atlantis crew members was born in Philadelphia?
a) Chris Ferguson
b) Sandra Magnus
c) Doug Hurley
d) Rex Walheim
5. How many missions did Atlantis fly?
a) 28                      b) 39
c) 25                      d)  33
6. Which shuttle flew the most missions?
a) Endeavour              b) Discovery
c) Columbia               d) Atlantis
7. Which shuttle was named by school students after a national competition?
a) Endeavour              b) Discovery
c) Columbia                d) Atlantis
8. All but one of the shuttles is named for a ship involved in science or exploration.
a) True
b) False
9. NASA's first manned space program, Mercury, had seven astronauts.  How many individual fliers flew on shuttle missions?
a) 852                        b) 541
c) 355                        d) 135
10. Sixteen countries were represented by fliers on shuttle missions.  Which of the countries below was not represented?
a) Russia
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Belgium
d) Vietnam


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Answers : 1. b  ; 2. c  ; 3. a  ; 4. a  ; 5. d  ; 6. b  ; 7. a  ; 8. b  ; 9. c  ; 10. d