Early Space Exploration

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

How does Newton's third law explain how a rocket will take off?

• The rocket doesn't move until ignition

• The more mass the rocket has the more force is needs to take off

• Gas pushes down, the rocket goes up.

• It doesn't.

What is a satellite?

• Planet, machine, or moon that orbits a star or planet

• A pile of rubbish in space

• A planet that sends information to other planets

• A moon that has information about other planets

How do satellites help weather forecasters?

• by sending phone calls

• by beaming TV signals

• by taking pictures of Earth

• by taking pictures of space

What is the ISS?

• Internesting Student Selection

• Inside Sun Secrets

• International Space Station

• Ireland's Space Satellite

Ceramic braces were developed from technology used on...

• Lunar rovers

• The Space Transportation Systems program

• Outer planet probes

• Natural Satellites

Which is not a natural satellite?

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Final stage of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. This program landed a spacecraft on the Moon.

• Project Moon
• Project Apollo
• Project Mercury
• Project Gemini

What name is given to an instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth

• Space shuttle

• Rocket

• Space ship

• Space probe

I photographed pictures of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and sent them back to NASA on Earth. What type of space probe am I?

• Lander

• Flyby

• Orbiter

• Shuttle