Solar System
What is the name of the star at the centre of our solar system?
The Sun
Which country put the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space?
Soviet Union (Russia)
What does the ISS stand for?
International Space Station
A telescope
True or false: Sound can travel in space.
False
What planet is also known as the "Red planet"?
Mars
Apollo 11
Which country launched the first space station, Salyut 1?
Russia
Where was Galileo born?
Italy
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What was Laika, the first of its kind to orbit Earth?
A Dog
True or false: The ISS is bigger than a football field.
True
What did Galileo see on the moon? He saw craters and __________. (Hint - they are tall)
Mountains
What is the name of the force that pulls you back towards Earth?
Gravity
Which planet has rings around it that we can see from Earth?
Saturn
What was the name of the first satellite in space?`
Sputnik
What is the name of the Chinese space station?
Tiangong
Galileo saw four small "stars" moving around Jupiter. What were they really?
Moons
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. What is the seventh?
Uranus
What was the name of the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Many countries work together on the ISS. Name one country that helps.
Countries in Europe, USA, Japan, Russia, Canada
What was the name of the theory Galileo proposed about the way the Earth moves around the Sun?
Heliocentric
What was the name of the first woman in space?
Valentina Tereshkova