SPACE EXPLORATION 2

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Launched in November 2011, a car-sized rover was sent to Mars to explore the Gale Crater. What was this rover called?

• Curiosity

• Sojourner

• Martian

• Sputnik

Which two countries dominated the Space Race?

• Russia and China

• China and USA

• UAE and Russia

• USA and Russia

In what year was the first Moon landing?

• 1962

• 1969

• 1968

• 1982

Instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth

• Space shuttle
• Rocket
• Space ship
• Space probe

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

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle

What is the artifical satellite that orbits Earth

• Hubble Telescope

• Spirit

• Opportunity

• Challenger

What is Juno?

• Space probe

• A car

• A country

How is Juno helping our scientists?

• Making maps of UAE

• Making maps of Jupiter

• Making maps of Africa

Since 1977, NASA has been gathering data about the outer planets, and even interstellar space, with this mission.

• Voyager
• New Horizons
• MSL
• James Webb