IELTS space vocab

What does NASA stand for?

• National Airspace Space Association

• National Americian Space Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• National Aerospace and Space Association

What is the instrument used to look far into space?

• telescope

• periscope

• mircoscope

• starscope

Who was the first man on the moon?

• Buzz Lightyear

• Yuri Gagarin

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

What was the first space flight to successfully land on the moon?

• Apollo 10

• Apollo 9

• Apollo 8

• Apollo 11

Who was the first man in space?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Superman

What is the name of the telescope which has been in orbit since 1990?

• The Space Bubble Telescope

• The Hubble Space Telescope

• The Bubble Space Telescope

• The Space Hubble Telescope

What was the first manned spacecraft to reach the moon, orbit it and return?

• Apollo 6

• Apollo 7

• Apollo 8

• Apollo 9

What was the date of the first man in space?

• April 1961

• January 1962

• December 1961

• May 1962

What nationality was Yuri Gagarin?

• German

• Ukrainian

• Russian

• Polish

What was the date of the first moon landing?

• December 1968

• February 1969

• October 1968

• July 1969