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WorksheetsSpace Exploration Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year was Sputnik 1 launched?
a)
1955
b)
1957
c)
1960
d)
1961
2.
How long did Sputnik orbit the Earth before falling out of orbit?
a)
1 day
b)
30 days
c)
3 months
d)
1 year
3.
What were Voyager 1 & Voyager 2
a)
satellites
b)
space probes
c)
space staions
d)
rockets
4.
What U.S. President call for America send man to the moon?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Ronald Regan
5.
An artificial satellite is a spacecraft that _____________.
a)
completes only one orbit
b)
is built by humans and orbits another object in space
c)
travels outward into the solar system
d)
orbits beyond the orbit of the moon
6.
A space probe is a spacecraft that ___________.
a)
completes only one orbit
b)
is build and launched by humans
c)
travels outward into the solar system
d)
both b and C
7.
Who was the First Person in space?
a)
Yuri A. Gargarin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Buzz Aldrin
d)
Alan B. Sheppard
8.
Who and When was the first American to go into space?
a)
Yuri A. Gargarin - 1961
b)
Alan B. Sheppard - 1961
c)
John Glenn - 1962
d)
Neil Armstrong - 1969
9.
Who became the first American to orbit the Earth?
a)
Yuri A. Gargarin
b)
Alan B. Sheppard
c)
John Glenn
d)
Neil Armstrong
10.
Which mission was an effort to prove that the moon's surface could support a lunar landing?
a)
Ranger
b)
Surveyor
c)
Orbiter
d)
Gemini
11.
What was the first mission to land on the moon?
a)
Apollo 1
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Apollo 13
d)
Apollo 17
12.
What year was the first landing on the moon?
a)
1957
b)
1961
c)
1962
d)
1969
13.
Who was the very first astronaut to ever step foot on the moon?
a)
Yuri A. Gargarin
b)
Alan B. Sheppard
c)
John Glenn
d)
Neil Armstrong
14.
How many lunar landing have their been and when was the last landing?
a)
3 - 1969
b)
3 - 1972
c)
6 - 1969
d)
6 -1972
15.
When was the first American space station, Skylab, launched?
a)
1969
b)
1972
c)
1973
d)
1981
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