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Space Exploration

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year was the first Moon landing?

a)

1962

b)

1969

c)

1968

d)

1982

2.

Which two countries dominated the Space Race?

a)

Russia and China

b)

China and USA

c)

UAE and Russia

d)

USA and Russia

3.

Which country launched Sputnik 1 into orbit?

a)

China

b)

UK

c)

USA

d)

Russia

4.

What is the Moon made of?

a)

Moon Cheese

b)

Cheese

c)

Space Debris

d)

Rock

5.

How many orbits around the Earth did the cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, make?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

6.

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was President of the USA in the year of the Moon landing?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Donald Trump

8.

What was the name of the lunar module that first landed on the Moon?

a)

Hawk

b)

Millennium Falcon

c)

Eagle

d)

X-Wing

9.

Major Tom Peake became the first British astronaut in space for over 20 years. Where did he blast off to in December 2015?

a)

Mars

b)

The ISS

c)

The Moon

d)

The Hubble Telescope

10.

What is ISS an abbreviation for

a)

International Space Science

b)

International Space Satellite

c)

International Space Station

d)

Internal Solar System

11.

Launched in November 2011, a car-sized rover was sent to Mars to explore the Gale Crater. What was this rover called?

a)

Curiosity

b)

Sojourner

c)

Martian

d)

Sputnik

12.

What was Tim Peake's first meal on board the ISS?

a)

Rehydrated tomato soup

b)

Bacon sandwich

c)

Fish and Chips

d)

McDonald's Big Mac