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WorksheetsSpace Exploration
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
reusuable spacecraft that transports people and materials to and from space
shuttle
satellite
orbiter
lander
series of missions designed to send people to the moon and back
Apollo
Mercury
Gemini
Artemis
the second human spaceflight program with the objective to develop space travel to support Apollo
Gemini
Mercury
Artemis
Apollo
the first human spaceflight program of the US
Gemini
Mercury
Artemis
Apollo
referring to the moon
lunar
solar
moonar
looney
space probes that travel past their destinations
flyby
lander
orbiter
rover
space probes which touch down on the surface
flyby
lander
orbiter
revolver
space probes which revolve around the object
flyby
lander
orbiter
rover
government organization that oversees all space missions started in 1958
NASA
CIA
FBI
Homeland Security
small object, manmade or natural, that obits a larger object
satellite
moon
Sputnik
Explorer
How are satellites used?
monitor weather
by the military
for phones and television
navigation and mapping
Mars has how many satellites?
2
1
3
79
Most missions are controlled by the control center in:
Florida
Texas
California
Alabama
The first satellite launched was
Sputnik by the Soviet Union
Sputnik by USA
Explorer by USA
Explorer by Soviet Union
The first man in space was
Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin of the USA
Alan Shepard of USA
Alan Shepard of the Soviet Union
Which Apollo mission was significant due to it being the first time we had gone as far as the moon?
8
11
1
13
How many countries worked together to build the ISS?
16
17
15
20
Orbiter that is currently orbiting Jupiter
Juno
Cassini
LRO
James Webb
flyby that launched in 1977 aimed at Uranus and Neptune
Voyager
New Horizons
Cassini
Juno
Our next mission program to send humans to the moon
Artemis
Apollo
Hera
Juno
Second person on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Record holder for most total days in space
Peggy Whitson
Scott Kelly
Christina Koch
Mark Kelly
Date that Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
July 20, 1969
June 20, 1969
July 20, 1963
June 20, 1963
Which Apollo missions landed on the Moon?
1
8
11
13
15
