Space Exploration part 2

Who was the famous scientist that discovered Jupiter's moons in 1610?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Galileo

• Albert Einstein

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What do we call a space craft that orbits another object and collects data.

• Space Rover

• Space Satellite

• Space Shuttle

• Space Station

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What must the space shuttle have in order to transport people and supplies back and forth from space?

• powerful enough engines to escape Earth's gravity

• enough mass to equal Earth's mass

• enough food to feed 12 people for at least 1 year

• a satellite to guide them through space

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A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial body.

• Space Rover

• Space shuttle

• Space probe

• Space satellite

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The first animal to reach space was

• chimpanzee

• dog

• mosquitoes

• fruit flies

Which country launched the first satellite into orbit?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• France

• Germany

In what year did the US launch the first Chimpanzee into space who performs tasks and survives.

• 1961

• 1969

• 1971

• 1979

What country put the first man on the moon?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• France

• Germany

In what year were Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched?

• 1970

• 1971

• 1975

• 1977

This was the name of the first Space Shuttle launched in 1981.

• Voyager

• Columbia

• Atlantis

• Sputnik

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