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Space exploration
Contributed by: Collins
  • 1. What was the name of the first satellite?
A) Cosmos 1
B) Sputnik
C) Explorer 1
D) Apollo1
  • 2. Who was the first man in space?
A) Yuri Gargarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
  • 3. Who was the first American in space?
A) Alan Shepard
B) Gus Grissom
C) Neil Armstrong
D) John Glenn
  • 4. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
A) John Glenn
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) Scott Carpenter
  • 5. Who was the first person on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) John Glenn
C) Michael Collins
D) Buzz Aldren
  • 6. What year did the first moon walk take place?
A) 1969
B) 1972
C) 1962
D) 1957
  • 7. What is the famous quote from the first moon walk?
A) "That's one small step far man. One giant leap for mankind."
B) "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
C) "Houston, we have a problem."
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) The inner planets
B) Mars
C) The moon
D) The outer planets
  • 9. Where did the Viking spacecrafts explore?
A) The inner planets
B) The outer planets
C) The moon
D) Mars
  • 10. Where did the Apollo spacecrafts explore?
A) The earth and moon
B) The outer planets
C) The inner planets
D) Mars
  • 11. Where did the Voyager spacecrafts explore?
A) Mars
B) The inner planets
C) The outer planets
D) The moon
  • 12. How did the solar system form?
A) Both of the above answers.
B) From a the gases left over from an exploding star.
C) Neither of the above answers.
D) From the gravitational attraction between molecules.
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