Space exploration

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1
When is the Cosmonautics
Day celebrated in Russia?
a) April 12
b) February 23
c) March 9

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Find 8 “space” words.
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3
Put these animals from the first to
the last to explore space.
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a) a monkey (Albert II)
1947
1957
b) a dog (Laika)
c) flies

4
Match the names of these famous c.
people with the discoveries made
by them.
a) Galileo Galilei
said the Earth was not the center of
the universe. The sun was.
b.
created three laws of motion.
a.
created his own telescope.
b) Isaak Newton
c) Nicolaus Copernicus

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5
Who was the first woman in space?
1963
a) Marilyn Monroe
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Margaret Thatcher

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What was the first satellite called?
It was launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union.
a) Sputnik 1
b) Soyuz 1
c) Vostok 1

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8
Gagarin’s spaceship Vostok 1 was
designed to crash land. How did
Gagarin get back on Earth?
a) using his parachute
b) using turbo-jet wings
c) using a hot air balloon

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9
What was the first remote-controlled robot
called? It was landed on another world in 1970
by the Soviet Union.
1. the second letter in PLANET.
2. the first letter in UNIVERSE.
3. the sixth letter in COSMONAUT.
4. the second/third letter in MOON.
5. the fourth letter in MILKY.
6. the seventh letter in ATMOSPHERE.
7. the second letter in SOLAR.
8. the first letter in DISTANCE.

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What was the aim of the Apollo space programme?
a) sending a man into space
b) landing a man on the moon
c) finding a planet where life
can exist

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Venus
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
Put the planets of the solar
system in their order
starting from the closest to
the Sun.
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn

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Neptune
11
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter

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What other planets besides the
Moon did the USA and the Soviet
Union manage to explore?
Uranus
1.
USSR
Mars
2
Neptune
2.
USA
1
2
2
Jupiter
1
Venus
2
Saturn

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13
Read the following abbreviation –
ISS correctly.
a) Investigation of Strange Symbols
b) International Space Station
c) Intellectual Space Safety
The International Space Station (ISS) - a
huge space station for research and space
exploration began construction in 1986,
with the final major module arriving in
2010.

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14
What was the first Russian space station called?
April 19, 1971
a) Sputnik I
b) Mir
c) Salyut I

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15
What is the first space tourist’s name?
a) Dennis Tito
On April 28, 2001 American millionaire Dennis Tito
became the 1st space tourist when he paid around 20
millionb)$Bill
for Gates
a ride in a Russian Soyuz
spacecraft.
c) Mark
Zuckerberg

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16
Who was the first to walk on the lunar surface?
July, 1969
a) Alexei Leonov
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Vladimir Titov

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What is our home galaxy in the universe?
a) The Sombrero Galaxy
b) The Andromeda Galaxy
c) The Milky Way

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The American probe Voyager 1 had a golden disk “The sounds
of Earth”. Who / What was it intended for?
a) for listening during the travel
b) it was a message for the aliens
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Voyager
Records are
c) one
of theGolden
constructors
of the
phonograph
were included
probe hasrecords
left it that
by mistake
aboard Voyager spacecraft (1977).
They were intended for any intelligent
extraterrestrial life form, or for future
humans, who may find them.