Space Exploration

What is a satellite?

• an optical instrument for viewing distant objects

• a vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside Earth's atmosphere

• a reusable spacecraft

• something that orbits around another object, can be natural (moon) or man-made

What country does NASA belong to?

• Russia

• United States of America

• USSR

• Japan

Who was the first American in space?

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Sally Ride

• Yuri Gagarin

How many Space Shuttles were there?

• 6

• 7

• 4

• 9

Put the US Space Missions in order from first to last.

• Mercury, Space Shuttle, Apollo, Gemini

• Space Shuttle, Apollo, Gemini, Mercury

• Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle

• Gemini, Apollo, Mercury, Space Shuttle

What is the name of the telescope sent into space in 1990 that has been giving us images of deep space?

• Hubble

• Sputnik

• Columbia

• Voyager

What is the name of the first satellite in space?

• Sputnik

• Explorer 1

• Apollo

• Hubble

What year did we land on the Moon?

• 1972

• 1986

• 2000

• 1969

What year was Sputnik launched into space?

• 1969

• 1985

• 2004

• 1957

Who were the first two men on the Moon?

• Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins

• Buzz Lightyear and Neil Armstrong

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

• Elon Musk and Steve Jobs