Space Exploration

First artificial satellite launched into space

• Laika
• Sergei
• Sigmund
• Sputnik

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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

Phase 1 of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. Sent the first piloted spacecraft around Earth

• Project Gemini
• Project Apollo
• Project X
• Project Mercury

Phase 2 of getting to the Moon. Orbited teams of 2 astronauts

• Project Gemini
• Project Moon
• Project Apollo
• Project Mercury

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Final stage of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. This program landed a spacecraft on the Moon.

• Project Moon
• Project Apollo
• Project Mercury
• Project Gemini

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

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

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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What year was Sputnik 1 launched?

• 1955
• 1957
• 1960
• 1961

What U.S. President call for America send man to the moon?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Ronald Regan