Space Exploration Events

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. What year did this event occur?

• 1963

• 1986

• 1959

• 1962

• 1980

Voyager 2 reached Uranus. What year did this event occur?

• 1963

• 1986

• 1959

• 1962

• 1980

The first unmanned space probe Luna 2 landed on the Moon. What year did this event occur?

• 1963

• 1986

• 1959

• 1962

• 1980

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. What year did this event occur?

• 1963

• 1986

• 1959

• 1962

• 1980

Voyager 1 reached Saturn. What year did this event occur?

• 1963

• 1986

• 1959

• 1962

• 1980

What year was the first satellite, Sputnik, launched?

• 1955

• 1957

• 1960

• 1962

Which probe was sent to study the Sun in 1990?

• Voyager 1

• Galileo

• Ulysses

• Cassini

Who were the astronauts involved in the first manned landing on the Moon in 1969?

• John Glenn and Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins and John Young

• Pete Conrad and Alan Bean

In what year did Voyager 2 reach Saturn?

• 1979

• 1981

• 1983

• 1985

When did the Challenger Space Shuttle explode?

• 1984

• 1986

• 1988

• 1990