Space history
Who was the first man in space (April 12, 1961)?
Yuri Gagarin
what is an instrument that gathers information and sends it back to earth?
space probe
The first U.S program to reach the moon was what?
Project Mercury
What was the first ever space station?
Salyut 1
What was the first Apollo spacecraft to land on the moon?
Apollo 11
Who was the first person on the moon (July 21, 1969)?
Neil Armstrong
What space probe was sent to Mars in August 1975
Viking 1
Who was the first U.S citizen into space?
Alan B. Shepard
When did the USSR launch the Salyut 1?
April 19, 1971
What space station will be a permanent laboratory designed for long-term researched projects?
The International Space Station
What was the first satellite into space (October 4, 1957)?
Sputnik 1
What was the first space probe to study Mars?
Mariner 2
Who became the first U.S citizen to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
What was the first US space station?
Skylab
Who was with Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11?
Edwin Aldrin
What country launched the first satellite into space (October 4, 1957)?
Soviet Union (USSR)
What space probe was launched in 1974
Mariner 10
What was the next step to reach the moon after project mercury?
Project Gemini
What was the one of the most known space stations launched into space by the soviet union?
Mir
How old is the universe?
13.8 billion years old
Who was the first woman in space (June 16, 1963)?
Valentina Tereshkova
What space probe is the farthest away from Earth?
Voyager 1
The final stage of the U.S program to reach the moon was what?
Project Apollo
Who was the first U.S resident of the space shuttle Mir?
Dr. Norman Thagard
What is the name of the first animal to orbit the Earth?
Laika