Space Exploration

Question 1

Cosmonaut vs. Astronaut

Answer 1

Cosmo- Russian

Astro- USA

Question 2

Yuri Gargarin

Answer 2

First human to travel into space and first to orbit Earth.

Question 3

Vostok 1 Capsule

Answer 3

Beginning of space flights. 108 minutes at 327 km.

Question 4

Neil Armstrong

Answer 4

First man to step on the moon.

Question 5

Buzz Aldrin

Answer 5

Second man to step on the moon.

Question 6

Apollo Mission

Answer 6

Establishing technology to meet other national interst in space.
Developing man’s capability to work in the lunar environment.

Question 7

Apollo 11

Answer 7

Perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Logo is an eagle.

Question 8

Mariner Missions

Answer 8

To Mars!

Question 9

Mariner 4

Answer 9

Lander

Geologically and Biologically Dead

Question 10

Mariner 9

Answer 10

Orbited Mars.

Mars has volcanoes, water.

Question 11

Venera Missions

Answer 11

To Venus!

Question 12

Venera 3

Answer 12

First man-made probe to make entry to a planet’s atmosphere.

Question 13

Venera 9 and 10

Answer 13

First probe to send images taken on another planet’s landscape.

Question 14

Viking Missions

Answer 14

To Mars

Question 15

Viking 1 and 2

Answer 15

1- orbiter
2- lander
Search for biosignatures
Observe meteorologic, seismic, magnetic properties.

Question 16

Pioneer Missions- 10, 11

Answer 16

Gas giants and asteroid belt.

Question 17

Voyager Missions

Answer 17

To Jovian planets

Question 18

Voyager 1 and 2

Answer 18

Discovered volcanic activity on Io
Fly by to Uranus
10 new moons.

Question 19

First animal to orbit Earth

Answer 19

Laika, on Sputnik 2

Question 20

First mammal in space

Answer 20

Albert II

Question 21

First dogs to make sub-orbital flight

Answer 21

Dezik and Tsygan

Question 22

First animals to orbit and return alive

Answer 22

Belka and Strelka

Question 23

Probe that discovered Saturn’s rings

Answer 23

Cassini

Question 24

Brightest Asteroid

Answer 24

Vesta

Question 25

First Sattelite to Orbit Earth

Answer 25

Sputnik 1