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Space Exploration 5

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

2.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

3.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

4.

Who became the first American astronaut to journey into outer space traveling aboard Freedom 7 in May of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

5.

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

a)

first lunar (moon) landing

b)

first orbit of the Earth

c)

first journey into outer space

6.

Which country was the first to send a man into space?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

7.

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

a)

Explorer I

b)

Sputnik

8.

The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

a)

Project Apollo

b)

Project Mercury

9.

The ________ was the first human spaceflight program of the United States to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely.

a)

Project Mercury

b)

Project Apollo

10.

The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

a)

Sputnik

b)

Explorer I

11.

First American to orbit Earth?

a)

Alan B. Shepherd

b)

John Glenn

c)

Buzz Lightyear

d)

Neil Armstrong

e)

Lance Armstrong