CAP Rocketry

CAP Rocketry

The History of Rockets

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The first man in space and the first man to orbit the earth was:

• Alan Shepard

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

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The first man in space and the first man to orbit the earth occurred in:

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

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The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was:

• Mercury

• Vanguard

• Explorer

• Sputnik I

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The first artificial satellite to orbit the earth occurred in:

• 1955

• 1957

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

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He was a Space Pioneer; wrote a book about rocket travel in outer space:

• Sergi Korolev

• Warner von Braun

• William Congreve

• Hermann Oberth

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He was the first American to orbit the earth:

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Gus Grissom

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The first American to orbit the earth occurred in:

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

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He was the Director of the German V-2 Rocket program:

• Wernher von Braun

• Hermann Orbeth

• Sergei Korolev

• Yuri Gagarin

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EXTRA CREDIT: V-2 was German shorthand for "Vergeltungswaffen Number 2" -- "Vergeltungswaffen" means:

• Victory Weapon

• Retaliation Weapon

• Vengeance Weapon

• Punishment Weapon

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The first US Space Station was:

• The International Space Station

• Mir

• Salyut

• Skylab

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The first man to walk on the moon was:

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

• Gus Grissom

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The first man walked on the moon in:

• 1969

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

• 1973

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He proposed the use of rockets for space exploration and became known as the "Father of Modern Astronautics":

• Sergei Kovolev

• Robert Goddard

• Hermann Oberth

• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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He designed rockets for military use; "And the Rocket's Red Glare, the Bombs Bursting in Air...":

• William Congreve

• William Hale

• Roger Bacon

• Sergei Korolev

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He laid the scientific foundation for modern rocketry with his Laws of Motion:

• Robert Goddard

• Wernher von Braun

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Hermann Oberth

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The leading Soviet rocket scientist; he was known as the "Father of the Soviet Rocket Program:

• Sergi Korolev

• Wernher von Braun

• Yuri Gagarin

• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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He experimented with solid and liquid propellant rockets; is called the "Father of Modern Rocketry":

• Warnher von Braun

• Sergei Korolev

• Hermann Oberth

• Robert Goddard

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He was the first American in space:

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Robert Goddard

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The first American in space occurred in:

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962