Space Race
This is the reason why NASA was entablished.
What is the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957?
Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon on this date.
What is July 20, 1969?
The first A in NASA stands for this.
What is Aeronautic?
Mars is also known as this planet.
What is the Red Planet?
99% of the Solar System's mass is found here.
What is the Sun?
This Soviet astronaut was the first human to orbit Earth.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This technique used the Moon’s gravity to gain speed during Apollo 13.
What is a slingshot maneuver?
This space agency was created in 1992 after the Soviet Union ended.
This rover was the first successful Mars rover.
What is Sojourner?
What is Jupiter?
President Kennedy made the Space Race focus on this goal.
What is reaching the Moon before the soviets?
This rocket launched most of the Apollo missions.
What is Saturn V?
Formed in 1975 in Europe.
What is the European Space Agency (ESA)?
This rover lasted from 2004 to 2018, far longer than expected.
What is Opportunity?
Called Earth's twin, but it's atmosphere is filled with toxic gases.
What is Venus?
She was the first woman to orbit Earth.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
This person is the only human to go to the Moon twice, but never land on it.
Who is Jim Lovell?
Established in 2003 in Japan.
What is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)?
This rover deployed the experimental helicopter Ingenuity.
What is Perserverance?
Pluto is no longer a planet, but rather this.
What is a dwarf planet?
This Soviet mission was the first unmanned landing on the Moon.
What is Luna 9?
Apollo 1 was launched in this year.
TRICK QUESTION: it didn't launch.
It's initials are ISRO.
What is the Indian Space Research Organization?
This Chinese rover made China the second country to successfully send a rover to Mars.
What is Zhurong?
This spacecraft became the first human-made object to leave the Solar System.
What is Voyager 1? (Launched in 1977.)