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Aerospace-Astronautics

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two countries were in the Space Race?

a)

USA and Canada

b)

USA and Soviet Union

c)

Soviet Union and Russia

d)

USA and France

2.

What was the first satellite to orbit Earth?

a)

Liberty Bell 7

b)

Freedom 7

c)

Mercury

d)

Sputnik

3.

Who was the first man in space?

a)

Alan Shepard

b)

Yuri Gargian

c)

Gus Grissom

d)

Neil Armstrong

4.

Who was the first American astronaut in space?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Alan Shepard

5.

What was NASA's first mission?

a)

Apollo

b)

Mercury

c)

Gemini

6.

What was NASA's second mission?

a)

Apollo

b)

Gemini

c)

Mercury

7.

What was NASA'a third mission?

a)

Apollo

b)

Mercury

c)

Gemini

8.

What mission landed on the moon?

a)

Apollo

b)

Gemini

c)

Mercury

9.

What mission had the purpose of docking with other spacecrafts?

a)

Apollo

b)

Mercury

c)

Gemini

10.

Who were the first astronauts?

a)

daredevils

b)

engineers

c)

military pilots

d)

clowns

11.

Who was Ham?

a)

a human

b)

a chimp

c)

a dog

d)

a cat

12.

Why was the Gemini mission named Gemini?

a)

It was cool

b)

It means twins and two people were being sent at a time

c)

It was named after the first astronaut Grim Gemini

13.

What rocket was used in the Gemini Missions?

a)

Apollo

b)

Saturn V

c)

Saturn IB

d)

Titan II

14.

What Gemini Mission was the first to have a successful spacewalk?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

15.

What two Gemini Missions docked with one another in orbit?

a)

3 and 4

b)

4 and 5

c)

6A and 7

d)

5 and 6A

16.

What was the purpose of the Apollo Missions?

a)

Deep space exploration

b)

launch a man in space

c)

dock with other spacecrafts in orbit

d)

land on the moon

17.

When was the first moon landing?

a)

1968

b)

1969

c)

1970

d)

1972

18.

When was the final moon landing?

a)

1968

b)

1969

c)

1970

d)

1972