10.2 DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY IN SPACE EXPLORATION

First artificial satellite launched into space

• Laika
• Sergei
• Sigmund
• Sputnik

Type of optical telescope that uses a curved or concave mirror to reflect light

• Refracting
• Reflecting
• Radio
• Visual

Space probes launched in 1977 on Interstellar Mission to explore the outer planets and beyond

• Voyager 1 & 2
• Spirit & Opportunity
• Sputnik & Pioneer 10
• Viking & Magellan

Country that sent the first man into space

• China
• Soviet Union (Russia)
• USA
• Antarctica

Country that landed the first man on the Moon

• Soviet Union (Russia)
• Iceland
• China
• USA

Long term research laboratory in space, constructed with resources from 15 different nations.

• Space Shuttle
• Space Probe
• Satellite
• International Space Station

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First man to land on the Moon

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Yuri Gagarin
• John Glenn

Reusable spacecraft that transports astronauts, satellites, and other materials to and from space.

• Space ship
• Space shuttle
• Voyager 1
• Space station

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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

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

• first lunar (moon) landing

• first orbit of the Earth

• first journey into outer space

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