Space Exploration

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  1. Space Travelers: Laika, the world's first space traveler, was what kind of creature?

  2. Speed Limits: What is the two-word phrase for the minimum speed a space vehicle needs to become free of the Earth's gravitational pull?

  3. Space Spectaculars: Who orbited the Earth in Vostok I?
  4. Satellites: The first U.S. satellite was put into orbit in what year?
  5. Apollo Missions: Apollo 8 took the first three men around the Moon in 1968. What was the number of the Apollo flight that first took men to the surface of the Moon?

  6. Rocketry: The first stage of a multistage rocket is called the ...
  7. Launch Lingo: The period of time during which a space vehicle must be launched in order to reach a particular orbit or carry out a mission successfully is called the launch ...

  8. Sputnik: Who was president of the United States when the Russians launched Sputnik?
  9. Space Literature: An account of the early days of the U.S. space program is found in Tom Wolfe's book entitled ...
  10. Coming Home: What hyphenated word refers to the return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere?

    Some of these were pretty easy so here are some more:

  11. Scientists: Much of the expertise necessary for America's first attempts to orbit a satellite was provided by immigrants from what country?

  12. Space Exploration: This is about what lunar mission?
  13. Planetary Probes: What is the two-syllable name for an encounter in which a space probe approaches but does not land on the surface of a heavenly body?

  14. Quotes: What are the next two words in this 1969 quote?
  15. Spacecraft: The first spacecraft in history to be launched into space a second time was the ...


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