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WorksheetsEarly Space Exploration
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 16mins
Neil (a) , Edwin "Buzz" (b) , and Michael (c) were the astronauts of Apollo (d) which was the first successful mission to put astronauts on the Moon.
What was the name of the first satellite sent to space by humans?
Apollo
Stargate
Sputnik
NASA
Match the following
International Space Station (ISS)
Space Shuttle
Mars Rover
Rocket
Match Each description to the spacecraft
Propels itself by ejected gas
Used to launch other spacecraft
uncrewed craft that flies past a planet/moon
lands on other space objects to collect data
orbits a larger object
moon's relationship to earth
reusable space vehicle
lands on Earth like an airplane
A space probe that touches down on a planet/moon is called a(n)
lander
orbiter
crash-er
satellite
A space probe that does not orbit or land on another space object is called a(n) ________
satellite
space shuttle
Wall-E
flyby
True or False.
The space probes Mariner and Pioneer were uncrewed missions.
True
False
Categorize each spacecraft under the appropriate heading
Space Shuttle(s)
International Space Station
Apollo Missions
Sputnik
Mars Rover(s)
space probe(s)
Which country was responsible for sending the first human and satellite into space?
USA
The Soviet Union, USSR
China
The Philippines
This was the name of the first Earth orbiting satellite launched by the USA in 1958.
(a)
The Moon is Earth's only natural (a)
In 1961, Yuri (a) was the first human in space. He was a cosmonaut from the former Soviet Union.
The space missions designed by NASA to send humans to the moon were part of the (a) program.
