MrDavies History of Space Exploration

Question 1

On July 20, 1969, the first crew to land on another celestial body occurred when men went to the moon! Name the mission!

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 2

Beginning in the Mid-20th Century, the "Space Race" was a competition between these two countries.

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union and UNited States

Question 3

which invention led humans to discover the first planets?

Accepted Answer

the telescope

Question 4

which invention led humans to map stars and galaxies?

Accepted Answer

Radio Telescope

Question 5

On April 12, 1961, this man became the first person to have a successful human spaceflight.

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

Question 6

Radio telescopes are used to detect radiation from starts we cannot see even with a telescope.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

On April 19, 1971, the first space station was launched. What is the name of the current one in use since the year 2000?

Accepted Answer

International Space Station

Question 8

Centuries before human beings made it to orbit, this man theorized the Earth rotated around the Sun.

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 9

On October 4, 1957, this country was the first to launch a human-made object to orbit Earth.

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 10

Which nation did not collaborate on the international space station?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 11

2021 has been an exciting year for space history! What is the name of the rover with a helicopter currently on mission?

Accepted Answer

Perseverance

Question 12

On August 25, 2012 what became the first human-made object to leave our Solar System taking a message from Earth.

Accepted Answer

Voyager 1

Question 13

Galileo agued with the church that the Earth....

Accepted Answer

is not the centre of the universe

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