Space Exploration Review

What year was Sputnik 1 launched?

• 1955
• 1957
• 1960
• 1961

What were Voyager 1 & Voyager 2

• space shuttles

• space probes

• space staions

• rockets

Which U.S. President called for America to send a man to the moon?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Regan

An artificial satellite is a spacecraft that _____________.

• completes only one orbit
• is built by humans and orbits another object in space
• travels outward into the solar system
• orbits beyond the orbit of the moon

Who was the First Person in space?

• Yuri A. Gargarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Alan B. Sheppard

Who and When was the first American to go into space?

• Yuri A. Gargarin - 1961
• Alan B. Sheppard - 1961
• John Glenn - 1962
• Neil Armstrong - 1969

What was the first mission to land on the moon?

• Apollo 1
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13
• Apollo 17

Who was the very first astronaut to ever step foot on the moon?

• Yuri A. Gargarin
• Alan B. Sheppard
• John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong

What country launched the world's first satellite in 1957?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• China

• Japan

NASA stands for

• National Air Space Administration

• North American Space Administration

• National Aeronautics Science Administration

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration