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Space Exploration PS
History of space
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the first satellite placed into orbit by the Soviet Union | Sputnik 1 |
| A series of missions to land a man on the moon | Apollo |
| A reusable spacecraft that works like an airplane | space shuttle |
| Examples are Pioneer, Galileo, Mariner, Voyager | space probes |
| The largest space project which includes work of the U.S. and nations | International Space Station |
| the space shuttle that was destroyed due to a faulty O-ring seal | Challenger |
| 1st human to orbit the Earth | Yuri Gagarin |
| Program that proved that astronauts could operate a spacecraft and remain in space for more than one day | Project Mercury |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA |
| Space shuttle that was destroyed upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere in 2003 | Columbia |
| project that created teamwork between the U.S. and Russia | Apollo Soyuz |
| One of the first men to walk on the moon` | Neil Armstrong |
| America's' first space station | Skylab |
| 1st American in space | Alan Shepard |
| Rockets developed by the Germans and captured by the U.S. for the development of winged rockets | V2 |
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