Space Exploration

Which of these is a place where humans live and study space?

• Moon probe
• Mars Rover
• Space Shuttle
• International Space Station

Which country was the first to send a man into space?

• Soviet Union

• United States of America

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

• Explorer I

• Sputnik

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Any object that revolves around another object

• orbiter
• satellite
• moon
• stalker

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What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle
• space probe

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A person who is trained for traveling in space

• Astronaut 
• Sputnik
• Light-year
• Satellite

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Used to fly astronauts into space 

• Space Shuttle
• Space suit 
• Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
• light- year 

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Has no people on it, used to gather information

• spaceprobe
• Space Shuttle
• spacecraft
• launch-pad

Special protective clothes worn by astronauts in space

• Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin 
• space suit 
• Astronaut
• light-year

Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?

• rocket
• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle

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