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Space Exploration

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

reusuable spacecraft that transports people and materials to and from space

a)

shuttle

b)

satellite

c)

orbiter

d)

lander

2.

series of missions designed to send people to the moon and back

a)

Apollo

b)

Mercury

c)

Gemini

d)

Artemis

3.

the second human spaceflight program with the objective to develop space travel to support Apollo

a)

Gemini

b)

Mercury

c)

Artemis

d)

Apollo

4.

the first human spaceflight program of the US

a)

Gemini

b)

Mercury

c)

Artemis

d)

Apollo

5.

referring to the moon

a)

lunar

b)

solar

c)

moonar

d)

looney

6.

space probes that travel past their destinations

a)

flyby

b)

lander

c)

orbiter

d)

rover

7.

space probes which touch down on the surface

a)

flyby

b)

lander

c)

orbiter

d)

revolver

8.

space probes which revolve around the object

a)

flyby

b)

lander

c)

orbiter

d)

rover

9.

government organization that oversees all space missions started in 1958

a)

NASA

b)

CIA

c)

FBI

d)

Homeland Security

10.

small object, manmade or natural, that obits a larger object

a)

satellite

b)

moon

c)

Sputnik

d)

Explorer

11.

How are satellites used?

a)

monitor weather

b)

by the military

c)

for phones and television

d)

navigation and mapping

12.

Mars has how many satellites?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

3

d)

79

13.

Most missions are controlled by the control center in:

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Alabama

14.

The first satellite launched was

a)

Sputnik by the Soviet Union

b)

Sputnik by USA

c)

Explorer by USA

d)

Explorer by Soviet Union

15.

The first man in space was

a)

Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union

b)

Yuri Gagarin of the USA

c)

Alan Shepard of USA

d)

Alan Shepard of the Soviet Union

16.

Which Apollo mission was significant due to it being the first time we had gone as far as the moon?

a)

8

b)

11

c)

1

d)

13

17.

How many countries worked together to build the ISS?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

15

d)

20

18.

Orbiter that is currently orbiting Jupiter

a)

Juno

b)

Cassini

c)

LRO

d)

James Webb

19.

flyby that launched in 1977 aimed at Uranus and Neptune

a)

Voyager

b)

New Horizons

c)

Cassini

d)

Juno

20.

Our next mission program to send humans to the moon

a)

Artemis

b)

Apollo

c)

Hera

d)

Juno

21.

Second person on the Moon

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Michael Collins

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Alan Shepard

22.

Record holder for most total days in space

a)

Peggy Whitson

b)

Scott Kelly

c)

Christina Koch

d)

Mark Kelly

23.

Date that Apollo 11 landed on the Moon

a)

July 20, 1969

b)

June 20, 1969

c)

July 20, 1963

d)

June 20, 1963

24.

Which Apollo missions landed on the Moon?

a)

1

b)

8

c)

11

d)

13

e)

15