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Understanding the Mission

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Space mission that resulted in a manned craft landing on the moon

a)

Mercury

b)

Gemini

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Apollo 13

2.

Space probe launched to study planet Jupiter and its moons.

a)

Mercury

b)

Voyager

c)

Galileo

d)

Apollo 11

3.

Space probe launched to study planet Venus

a)

Cassini

b)

Voyager 1

c)

Magellan

d)

Galileo

4.

Space mission currently being planned to land on the moon again

a)

Apollo 20

b)

Artemis

c)

Galileo

d)

Cassini

5.

Space mission launched to discover the outer planets of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

a)

Cassini

b)

Galileo

c)

Apollo

d)

Voyager 1,2

6.

Space probe launched to study Saturn's rings

a)

Galileo

b)

Cassini

c)

apollo 11

d)

Magellan

7.

Which Apollo mission was unable to land on the surface of the moon

a)

Apollo 8

b)

Apollo 11

c)

Apollo 13

d)

Apollo 18

8.

President that challenged NASA to put a man on the moon

a)

President Eisenhower

b)

President Kennedy

c)

President Nixon

d)

President Bush

9.

Country that challenged the USA in a "space race" in the 60-70's

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Mexico

10.

Public interest in the Apollo Space program declined because of

a)

the Vietnam war

b)

money ran out

c)

NASA was not yet formed

d)

astronauts were left in space

11.

Discovered the ring around Jupiter and 7 moons

a)

Voyager 1

b)

Voyager 2

c)

Magellan

d)

Galileo

12.

Most expensive space mission

a)

Galileo

b)

Cassini

c)

Artemis

d)

Voyager 1&2

13.

Space Probe intentionally allowed to burn up 10 hours into the mission

a)

Voyager 1

b)

Magellan

c)

Galileo

d)

Cassini

14.

Mission that discovered Venus is covered with volcanic flows

a)

Magellan

b)

Cassini

c)

Voyager 2

d)

Galileo

15.

Mission named after Greek Sun God

a)

Artemis

b)

Apollo

c)

Magellan

d)

Galileo

16.

Which of Newton's Laws explains how a rocket can be launched using explosive gases

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

d)

Newton's 4th Law

17.

The mission to the moon when man first walked there

a)

Apollo 1

b)

Apollo 2

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Apollo 13

18.

Mission that the first probe to land on another planet's moon

a)

Cassini

b)

Mars:Curiosity

c)

Galileo

d)

Magellan

19.

Apollo 13 was the last manned mission to the moon

a)

True

b)

False

c)

both true and false

d)

neither true or false

20.

Space probe completed it's mission but is continually observing interstellar space

a)

Magellan

b)

Cassini

c)

Voyager

d)

Galileo