Space Exploration

Question 1

what is space exploration

Answer 1

physical exploration of astronomy concepts through human and robotic means

Question 2

what event led to the development of technology that could reach space

Answer 2

world war 2

Question 3

which country first launched an object into space

Answer 3

germany. v2 rocket

Question 4

what was the cold war

Answer 4

2 super powers struggle for geopolitical economic and technological superiority

Question 5

who was involved in the cold war

Answer 5

usa and ussr

Question 6

what was americas first satellite

Answer 6

explorer

Question 7

what were the significances of sputnik 1 and 2

Answer 7

1- first artificial sattelite

2- carried the first living thing into space

Question 8

what was the gemini program

Answer 8

testes EVA and docking procedures needed to land on the moon

Question 9

who was the first man in space

Answer 9

yuri garigan

Question 10

who was the first to orbit the earth

Answer 10

yuri garigan

Question 11

who was the first american in space

Answer 11

alan shepard

Question 12

who was american to orbit earth

Answer 12

john glenn

Question 13

who was the first to do a space walk

Answer 13

alexey leonov

Question 14

which american first completed a space walk

Answer 14

edward white

Question 15

who was the first woman in space

Answer 15

valentina tereshkova

Question 16

what were the apollo missions

Answer 16

missions to land a man on the moon

Question 17

what did each apollo mission accomplish

Answer 17

1-failed launch 
4-6- unmanned tests
7- first manned test 
8- first orbit of earth
9-10- lunar module testing 
11- landed on the moon 
13-orbited but didn't land 
12-17 all successful moon landing

Question 18

what is the soyuz capsule

Answer 18

russian capsule for moon landing

Question 19

what was the apollo souyez project

Answer 19

apollo and souyez capsule docked together and ended the space race

Question 20

significance of salyut skylab and more

Answer 20

salyut-first russian space station
skylab-first american space station

mir- russian space station

Question 21

what is the space shuttle

Answer 21

reusable space plane

Question 22

name all 6 shuttles that were built

Answer 22

enterprise
discovery
challenger
colombia
atlantis
endevour

Question 23

what happened to the colombia and challenger shuttles

Answer 23

colombia- burned up upon re entry

challenger- exploded during launch

Question 24

when did space shuttle restire

Answer 24

2011

Question 25

what is the iss

Answer 25

international space station

Question 26

what countries have contributed to it

Answer 26

USA
russia
japan
germany
EU
canada

Question 27

how expensive is the iss

Answer 27

135 to 160 billion

Question 28

what other country has independently sent a man to space

Answer 28

china

Question 29

what else has china accomplished

Answer 29

space walk

space station

Question 30

what accomplishment has space x made

Answer 30

launched first private unmanned cargo vessel to the ISS

Question 31

when was the first moon landing

Answer 31

july 20 1969

Question 32

what was the apollo 11 crew

Answer 32

buzz aldrin
neil armstrong
michael collins

Question 33

what is the process of a standard shuttle mission

Answer 33

lift off
SRB separate 
ET separates 
orbit
orbital operation
de orbit
re entry 
landing

Question 34

who was the first american woman in space

Answer 34

sally k. ride