WorksheetsMissions in Space Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What telescope is being launched as a new upgrade to the Hubble telescope?
Hubble 2.0
Deep Space 9
James Webb Space Telescope
Infrared Apophis
NASA's Artemis Program has the goal to land humans on what object in our Solar System?
Saturn
The Moon
Pluto
Ceres
Which of the following planets have we put a lander on?
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
NASA and FEMA are under government orders to create plans to respond to what event?
A large asteroid collision with Earth
The Moon being blown to pieces
Jupiter gaining enough mass to start nuclear fusion in its core
The debris falling during the annual meteor shower in June
Which of these are the 4 main types of unmanned spacecraft?
X-Wing
Lander
Flyby
Orbiter
Rover
Who launched the first satellite into orbit?
China
USA
USSR
Japan
What is the name of the NASA space shuttle that will be used in the Artemis Program to take people to the Moon?
Apollo
Sputnik
Orion
Pleiades
Which of the following were accomplishments of the space shuttle program?
Launched defense department satellites
Carried crew members to the International Space Station
Took people to the Moon
Launched the Magellan, Galileo, Chandra, and Hubble
Which space probes are the farthest man-made objects in space, now travelling through interstellar space beyond our Solar System?
Viking 1 and 2
Mariner 9 and 10
Venera 7 and 14
Voyager 1 and 2
The USSR sent the Venera landers to study which planet?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
SpaceX is a privately held company that intends to launch a crew from Earth to ___________.
Chandra Xray Observatory
International Space Station
Viking 2
Jupiter's Moon Enceledus
What year was the last time an american crew launched from US soil into space?
1981
2011
2019
1972
Name the space shuttle that had an O-ring failure 73 seconds into launch and disintegrated in 1986?
Columbia
Discovery
Enterprise
Challenger
Name the space shuttle that burned up on re-entry into Earths atmosphere killing the crew members on board in 2003.
Columbia
Atlantis
Challenger
Endeavor
Who was the first woman in space?
Sally Ride
Valentina Tereshkova
Laika
Strelka Belka
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Vladimir Komarov
Gordo
Alan Shepard
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Yuri Gagarin
Buzz Aldrin
Gene Cernan
Neil Armstrong
Who was the first dog in orbit?
Old Reliable
Lucy
Laika
Albert the 2nd
What was the purpose of putting the position of our Sun relative to 14 pulsars onto the Pioneer Plaque and the Golden Record?
To give our position in the universe so alien life might be able to find us
So that the space probes can orient themselves and return to Earth
To plug in coordinates for where the space probes should visit next
So that aliens will know who we are and what we like to eat.
What was the purpose of the Gemini Program?
to send men to land on the Moon
to build the International Space Station
to test the Space Shuttle
to develop the technology needed to land someone on the Moon in future programs
