Space Exploration

This is a ___________________ used to fly astronauts into space.

• Space Shuttle

• Rocket

• Satellite

• Apollo 11

Has no people on it, used to gather information

• spaceprobe
• Space Shuttle
• spacecraft
• launch-pad

orbits a planet, transmits data to and from Earth

• satellite

• spaceprobe

• rover

• lander

Which President decided that the US should enter the space race?

• President Ford

• President Nixon

• President Kennedy

• President Reagan

Who was the first man on the moon?

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

• Buzz Lightyear

• Neil Armstrong

What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle
• space probe

Tags

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Why are space suits necessary for astronauts working on the surface of another planet?

• Space suits provide the weight needed to hold astronauts down on the planet's surface.

• Space suits allow astronauts to carry things that normally would be too heavy.

• Space suits make an astronaut more visible to other astronauts

• Space suits provide protection from radiation and offer normal air pressure inside.

Country that landed the first man on the Moon

• Soviet Union (Russia)
• England

• China
• USA

A tool for viewing and observing

• telescope

• space shuttle

• rover

• rocketship

What is the ISS?

• International Student Services
• Inside Sun Secrets
• International Space Station
• Iraq Space Services