Space Exploration Review

What year was Sputnik 1 launched?

• 1955
• 1957
• 1960
• 1961

How long did Sputnik orbit the Earth before falling out of orbit?

• 1 day
• 30 days
• 3 months
• 1 year

What were Voyager 1 & Voyager 2

• satellites
• space probes
• space staions
• rockets

What U.S. President call for America send man to the moon?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Ronald Regan

An artificial satellite is a spacecraft that _____________.

• completes only one orbit
• is built by humans and orbits another object in space
• travels outward into the solar system
• orbits beyond the orbit of the moon

A space probe is a spacecraft that ___________.

• completes only one orbit
• is build and launched by humans
• travels outward into the solar system
• both b and C

Who was the First Person in space?

• Yuri A. Gargarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Alan B. Sheppard

Who and When was the first American to go into space?

• Yuri A. Gargarin - 1961
• Alan B. Sheppard - 1961
• John Glenn - 1962
• Neil Armstrong - 1969

Who became the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Yuri A. Gargarin
• Alan B. Sheppard
• John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong

Which mission was an effort to prove that the moon's surface could support a lunar landing?

• Ranger
• Surveyor
• Orbiter
• Gemini