Space History

What was so unique about space craft Apollo 14?

• Neil Armstrong was 1st man to step on the surface of the moon

• US mission failure wanting to happen

• Alan Shepard was viewed by millions playing golf on the moon

• President Johnson viewed the launch in person

Why was the space race so important for Russia and the United Sates?

• Both countries were at war

• Both countries were curious about exploring other planets

• Russia was obsessed with the moon

• USA wanted to make history

An uncrewed, man made object used to take pictures and collect information beyond Earth is called a

• artificial satellite

• space probe

• space rover

• space station

What do Space Probes do?

• Travel through space collecting data and sending it back to earth.

• They provide oxygen to astronauts

• They pay for the cost of space suits.

• They create a large gravitational pull to keep asteroids from hitting earth.

Robot Crane

• Used to help build the International Space Station

• Used to change direction of orbits.

• Is a long cable known as a safety tether.

Sputnik I, which was the first unmanned, satellite to orbit the Earth was sent up in 1957 by:

• The Soviet Union (Russia)

• The US

• The European Union

• India

Check all the boxes for the events that took place in 1958.

• The Mercury Project was an orbital mission that began in this year.

• NASA was created by the US government.

• Sputnik 1 was launched

• Sputnik 2 was launched

The first human in space was named Yuri Gagarin. He was from which country? (Hint: He is from one of the countries involved in The Space Race.)

• US

• Soviet Union/Russia

• Europe

• China

Who is the father of modern rocketry?

• Galileo Galilei

• Robert Goddard

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Aristotle

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Check all the following that are TRUE statements:

• Rocket research "exploded" in the 1950's

• German rocket scientists gave information to the US troops

• Sputnik I was a US satellite

• Explorer I was the first US satellite