Space Exploration

Who was the first woman in space?

• Maria Sharapova

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Amelia Earhart

• Sally Ride

Who was the first human to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Alan Shepard

• David Scott

What was the first human-made satellite?

• Voyager

• Apollo 1

• GPS

• Sputnik 1

• First Space Shuttle Launch

• Skylab is Launched

• First Artificial Satellite Sputnik I

• First Manned Moon Landing

Which country was the first to launch the first living thing into space?

• Italy

• Soviet Union

• USA

• Canada

President Harry S. Truman made a decision to end WWII? This decision led to the Nuclear Arms race and later the space race.

• To drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• To drop an atomic bomb on the cities of Berlin Germany and Tokyo Japan

• To drop an atomic bomb on two cities in North Korea

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Which of the pictures below shows the Hubble Space Telescope?

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Where is the Hubble Space Telescope located?

•  orbiting the moon

• orbiting the Earth

• orbiting near the Sun

• Orbiting near a black hole

Who is famous for inventing the telescope (even though he didn't really invent it)?

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Plato

Which of these can best solve the issue of atmospheric blurring when viewing objects with a telescope?

• polishing the lens

• only using the telescope when it's a clear night

• putting the telescope in space

• putting the telescope underground