Space exploration

What year was the International Space Station launced?

• 2003

• 1998

• 1961

• 1977

Which country launched Explorer 1?

• Canada

• Soviet Union

• Russia

• United States

What was the objective of the Hubble telescope?

• to place a radio transmitter around Earth to orbit

• to determine man’s capability on space

• showed us the universe is expanding and led us to the Big Bang Theory

• to perform a crewed lunar landing and come back to Earth

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Which space exploration device went to Mars?

• Spirit and Opportunity

• Mercury-Redstone 3

• Cassini-Huygens Mission

• Voyager 1

What was the purpose of Vostok ?

• served as a home where crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live

• to eject a cosmonaut at 7km and allow him to parachute back to Earth

• went to mars, looking for history of water on mars and see if Mars could ever have supported life

• to go to Saturn and learn more about Saturn’s rings

What year was Apollo 11 launched?

• 1997

• 1998

• 1969

• 1961

True or False? Mercury-Redstone 3 was launched in 1961.

• True

• False

True or False? Voyager 1 was a space probe

• False

• true

True or false? Sputnik 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit

• True

• false

Which space craft took astronauts to the moon?

• Sputnik 1

• Explorer 1

• Spirit and Opportunity

• Apollo 11