Space exploration
  • 1. What was the name of the first satellite?
A) Explorer 1
B) Apollo1
C) Cosmos 1
D) Sputnik
  • 2. Who was the first man in space?
A) John Glenn
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) Yuri Gargarin
  • 3. Who was the first American in space?
A) Gus Grissom
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Neil Armstrong
  • 4. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) Scott Carpenter
  • 5. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Buzz Aldren
B) Neil Armstrong
C) John Glenn
D) Michael Collins
  • 6. What year did the first moon walk take place?
A) 1957
B) 1962
C) 1972
D) 1969
  • 7. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "Houston, we have a problem."
B) "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
C) "That's one small step far man. One giant leap for mankind."
D) "To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about."
  • 8. Where did the Mariner spacecrafts explore?
A) Mars
B) The inner planets
C) The moon
D) The outer planets
  • 9. Where did the Viking spacecrafts explore?
A) Mars
B) The moon
C) The inner planets
D) The outer planets
  • 10. Where did the Apollo spacecrafts explore?
A) The inner planets
B) Mars
C) The earth and moon
D) The outer planets
  • 11. Where did the Voyager spacecrafts explore?
A) The outer planets
B) The inner planets
C) The moon
D) Mars
  • 12. How did the solar system form?
A) Neither of the above answers.
B) Both of the above answers.
C) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
D) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
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