Fire in the Sky
This is a chunk of material broken off from a piece of an asteroid or comet.
A meteoroid.
This was the first object in space.
He was the first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin
What were astronauts originally sent into space in?
Rockets
This is what we call a Russian space explorer.
Cosmonaut
This is an object from space that struck the Earth's surface.
Meteorite
She was the first living creature in space.
Laika the Dog
She was the first woman in space.
Valentina Tereshkova
Why did the space shuttle replace the rocket?
Only a small part of the rocket returned to Earth, the shuttle was reusable.
This is what we call an American space explorer.
Astronaut
This is an object from space that entered Earth's atmosphere.
Meteorite
This was the first American object in space.
Explorer 1.
He was the first American in space.
Why did we have to retire the space shuttle?
The expensive launch vehicle could only be used once.
This was an American program to put human beings on the moon.
Apollo Program
This is what a meteorite leaves behind after it strikes the Earth.
A crater.
Vostok 1
He was the first American to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn
China
This is a reusable spacecraft that could land on a runway.
Space shuttle.
It is what is left of the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs.
This device landed on Mars.
Viking 1
She was the first American woman in space.
Sally Ride
Now that the Soviet Union is gone, who is competing in space races?
This was needed to get a space shuttle into space.
Launch vehicle.