Space Exploration Quiz

Major space exploration programmes started ...

• by the end of the 19th century.

• before World War II.

• after World War II.

In the beginning space technology was mainly developed for ...

• military purposes.

• scientific purposes.

• economic reasons.

The V2, the world's first rocket, for example was built ...

• to put a satellite in orbit.

• to explore distant planets.

• to be used as a missile.

The two countries competing in the so-called "Space Race" were:

• the USA and the Soviet Union

• China and France

• China and the USA.

The name of the American Space agency is ...

• ISS

• NASA

• ESA

The world's first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 was launched into orbit in ...

• 1939

• 1957

• 1962

Sputnik I was ................................. satellite.

• an American

• a Soviet

• a Chinese

The first living being in space was ...

• a dog called Laika

• a monkey called Sam

• a mouse called Mickey

The first man to orbit the Planet was...

• Yuri A. Gagarin

• Edwin Aldrin, Jr

• John H. Glenn

The first man to set foot on the moon was ...

• Alexei A Leonov.

• Edwin Aldrin,Jr.

• Neil Armstrong.