History of Space Exploration Quiz

Name of first satellite?

• Sputnik 1

• Explorer 1

• Voyager 1

• Apollo 11

Name and type of animal that was the first in orbit?

• Laika, a dog

• Felix, a cat

• Buddy, a monkey

• Max, a rabbit

Name of the father of rocket technology?

• Wernher von Braun

• Elon Musk

• Nikola Tesla

• Isaac Newton

What does NASA stand for?

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• National Air and Space Association

• North American Space Agency

• Nautical Astronautical and Space Administration

Name of the chimp that was put in space by the U.S.A.?

• Ham

• Bobo

• Charlie

• Max

Name of first human in space?

• Yuri A. Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

Name of astronaut who was the first American in orbit?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Gus Grissom

• Scott Carpenter

Name of the astronaut who performed the first American space walk?

• Edward H. White

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Alan Shepard

What two things was the Apollo 11 mission the first to do?

• Go beyond Earth's gravitational field

• First launch by Saturn V rocket

• First manned moon landing

• First orbit around the moon

What were the Voyagers designed to do?

• To conduct close-up studies of Saturn and Jupiter

• To explore the Kuiper Belt

• To study the dark side of the moon

• To search for habitable planets outside of our solar system