Space exploration

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

• first lunar (moon) landing

• first orbit of the Earth

• first journey into outer space

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

• Soviet Union

• United States of America

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

• Explorer I

• Sputnik

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The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

• Project Apollo

• Project Mercury

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The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

• Sputnik

• Explorer I

Which US Space Shuttle (1986) ended in an explosive tragedy 73 seconds after liftoff?

• Challenger

• Apollo

• Hubble

• Enterprise

• Columbia

The telescope in space that allow us to see farther into space and takes pictures of stars, galaxies, and other objects in space

• James Webb telescope

• Hubble Space telescope

• John's Reflecting telescope

• Simmons Refracting telescope

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First man to land on the Moon

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Yuri Gagarin
• John Glenn