Space exploration

1. What was the name of the first satellite?

A) Cosmos 1
B) Explorer 1
C) Apollo1
D) Sputnik

2. Who was the first man in space?

A) Yuri Gargarin
B) Alan Shepard
C) Neil Armstrong
D) John Glenn

3. Who was the first American in space?

A) Alan Shepard
B) John Glenn
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Gus Grissom

4. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

A) Scott Carpenter
B) Neil Armstrong
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard

5. Who was the first person on the moon?

A) Buzz Aldren
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Michael Collins
D) John Glenn

6. What year did the first moon walk take place?

A) 1972
B) 1962
C) 1969
D) 1957

7. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?

A) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "That's one small step far man. One giant leap for mankind."
C) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
D) "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

8. Where did the Mariner spacecrafts explore?

A) The inner planets
B) The moon
C) The outer planets
D) Mars

9. Where did the Viking spacecrafts explore?

A) The inner planets
B) The outer planets
C) Mars
D) The moon

10. Where did the Apollo spacecrafts explore?

A) The earth and moon
B) Mars
C) The outer planets
D) The inner planets

11. Where did the Voyager spacecrafts explore?

A) The moon
B) Mars
C) The inner planets
D) The outer planets

12. How did the solar system form?

A) Neither of the above answers.
B) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) Both of the above answers.

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