Number of Participants / Approximate Time
Up to 2 / 45 minutes

The Competition
1. Student teams will be quizzed in the form of a test on the basic terms and concepts related to our solar system (planets, moons) and general astronomy topics (eclipses, solar flares, asteroids & comets [basics]).
2. Additional question topics will include major accomplishments of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs and the space shuttle era. Students may be asked to associate a particular mission or program with a major accomplishment.
3. Students may also be tested on basic information regarding recent developments in space exploration including Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory, the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the International Space Station.
4. Students will have 45 minutes to complete the test. Time is not a scoring factor.

Study Resources - Updated for 2024
This specific pages (not the entire site on which they are found, unless noted) may be used as study resources for this event. Note not all questions will be based on these resources.

Main page and subpages:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ (including planets, moons, asteroids, comets & meteors)
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Basic overview information from the following pages:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/about
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/overview/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/about/index.html

Scoring
The team with the most correct responses will be declared the winner. Ties will be broken with pre-determined tie-breaker questions.