The History of Space Exploration Quiz

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched by the USSR?

• Sputnik

• Vostok

• Apollo

• Explorer

Which animal was the first living creature sent into space aboard Sputnik II?

• A mouse named Mickey

• A dog named Laika

• A monkey named Albert

• A cat named Felix

Who was the first human to orbit Earth?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan Shepard

• Yuri Gagarin

What was the main goal declared by President Kennedy for the United States in space?

• To land a man on the moon and return him safely

• To explore Mars

• To launch the first satellite

• To build a space station

Which project followed Project Gemini to take astronauts to the moon?

• Project Apollo

• Project Mercury

• Viking Project

• Skylab

What significant event did Neil Armstrong achieve in 1969?

• First man to walk on Mars

• First man to orbit the moon

• First man to walk on the moon

• First man to launch into space

Which space station was the first in Earth orbit?

• Salyut 1

• Mir

• Skylab

• ISS

What was the purpose of the Mariner space probes?

• To explore the outer solar system

• To land on the moon

• To study Venus, Mars, and Mercury

• To search for exoplanets

Who was the first woman to travel to space?

• Kalpana Chawla

• Sally Ride

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Mae Jemison

What did the Van Allen radiation belts discovery involve?

• A seismometer

• A Geiger counter

• A telescope

• A spectrometer

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