Air and Space Travel

The first aircraft to fly in the air was:

• an airplane

• a hot air balloon

• a spacecraft

The first balloon flight took place in the:

• 16th century

• 18th century

• 21st century

The first airplane with an engine was built by:

• the Montgolfier brothers

• the Armstrong brothers

• the Wright brothers

The rst machine in space was called:

• Apollo 11

• Vostok 1

• Sputnik

The first person to go into space was from Russia.

• True

• False

The first person to walk on the moon was called Yuri Gagarin.

• True

• False

Airplanes today are powered by jet engines.

• True

• False

The first hot air balloon flew for 25 minutes and traveled 10 kilometres.

• True

• False

The first aeroplane flew for 12 minutes and went just 30 metres above the ground.

• True

• False

Yuri Gagarin was the bravest astronaut as he was the first man to go with the dangerous mission to space.

• True

• False