Space Exploration

Space probes are manned missions into space to learn more about objects in our solar system.

• True

• False

All successful missions of space exploration were done by NASA and the United States.

• True

• False

There are three basic types of space probes:

orbiters, landers, and rovers.

• True

• False

There are two major types of optical telescopes:

reflecting and refracting.

• True

• False

People have been living in space nonstop since the year 2000.

• True

• False

Neil Armstrong was the first person to enter Earth’s orbit.

• True

• False

Since the end of the space shuttle (STS) program in 2011, reusable rockets have not been used for travel into Earth’s orbit.

• True

• False

An informal competition to achieve technological and military superiority in space between the USA and the Soviet Union was called the “Space Race.”

• True

• False

A space probe will land on Mars next week.

• True

• False

Which country was the first to send a satellite into space?

• USA

• Soviet Union

• England

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