Abeka 8th Science Quiz 37 L154

The first artificial object to orbit earth was ________.

• Apollo 11
• Voyager 1
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Sputnik 1

The type of rockets that have been used for centuries to launch fireworks and small military rockets are _____________.

• liquid-fuel rockets
• hybrid-fuel rockets
• gas-fuel rockets
• solid-fuel rockets

The United States' first space station was _______.

• Mir
• International Space Station
• Tiangong
• Skylab

The United States' first satellite was ________.

• Explorer 1
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Voyager 1
• Apollo 11

The first spacecraft designed to be reused was the _________.

• Voyager 1
• Mars Rover
• Apollo Lunar Module
• Space Shuttle

__________ was the first person to set foot on another world.

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

The first person to travel in space was ________.

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

Who was the German researcher that became the United States' top rocket designer?

• Hans Kammler
• Kurt Debus
• Walter Dornberger
• Wernher von Braun

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

• Neil Armstrong
• John Glenn
• Buzz Aldrin
• Charles Lindbergh

Who was the Father of Modern Rocketry?

• Isaac Newton
• Robert H. Goddard
• Albert Einstein
• Wernher von Braun