Space Race Final (Part B- Everything Else)

Which Apollo mission become known as a "successful failure" because they did not land on the moon, but did successfully return the astronauts to Earth?

• Apollo 1
• Apollo 8
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13

What was the first attempt of the United States to develop a science-based human space mission in orbit around Earth?

• Mir Space Station
• SpaceX
• Skylab
• The International Space Station (ISS)

What was the Soviet Union's attempt at a space station orbiting around Earth launched in 1986?

• The International Space Station (ISS)
• Skylab
• SpaceX
• Mir Space Station

What is the collaborative project involving five space agencies to construct a space station orbiting around Earth launched in 1998?

• Mir Space Station
• SpaceX
• Skylab
• The International Space Station (ISS)

What was the name of the first space shuttle created by NASA to be a reusable spacecraft?

• STS-1 (Columbia)
• STS-2 (Challenger)
• STS-3 (Discovery)
• Skylab

What was the name of the space shuttle that broke into pieces during reentry in 2003 and resulted in the loss of all seven crew members?

• Challenger
• Columbia
• Skylab
• Discovery

What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded during launch in 1986 and resulted in the loss of all seven crew members?

• Skylab
• Challenger
• Discovery
• Columbia

Which space probe was launched on September 5, 1977, with an immediate goal of obtaining footage of Titan (Saturn's largest moon)?

• Mars Exploration Rover
• Voyager 1
• Voyager 2
• Viking 1

Which space probe was launched on August 20, 1977 (two weeks before and with a slower path than Voyager 1) to obtain more detailed images of the outer planets?

• Viking 1
• Galileo Space Probe
• Mars Exploration Rover
• Voyager 2

Which space probe was a robotic U.S. spacecraft launched in 1989 from the space shuttle Atlantis to Jupiter for an in-depth study of the planet and its moons?

• Voyager 2
• Viking 1
• Galileo Space Probe
• Voyager 1