unit 15 : space conquest

Who is the first human to fly into space?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

• Pham Tuan

Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

• Pham Tuan

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

who is the first human to set foot on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Pham Tuan

• Buzz Aldrin

When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the

Vostok 1?

• in March 1968

• 12th April, 1968

• 12th April, 1961

• in March 1961

How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?

• 27 years old

• 29 years old

• 28 years old

• 26 years old

How long was Gagarin in space?

• 108 minutes

• 17,000 miles per hour

• 9.07 am

• 12 minutes

What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?

• 9.07 am

• 12 minutes

• 108 minutes

• 17,000 miles per hour

Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight?

• US. President John .F. Kennedy

• Soviet Union

• Star city

• national hero

Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?

• He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero

• he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.

• he was able to view the Earth in a way that no one had done before.

• his flight lasted only 108 minutes

What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero ?

• his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin

• the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.

• the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia and his hometown of Gzhatsk was given the name of this national hero

• US President gave a telegram to Moscow