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Grade 4 Space Exploration
What instrument can an astronomer use to see objects that are very far away?
  1. Microscope
  2. Telescope
  3. Compass
  4. Stereoscope
Grade 9 Space Exploration
Which telescope detects wavelengths other than visible light?
  1. refractor telescope
  2. reflector telescope
  3. composite telescope
  4. radio telescope
Grade 9 Space Exploration
In 2015, the New Horizons Spacecraft reached                .
  1. Jupiter
  2. Saturn
  3. Mars
  4. Pluto
Grade 11 Space Exploration
He built telescopes better than anyone shortly after their invention and used them for astronomical observations.
  1. Nicholas Copernicus
  2. Tycho Brahe
  3. Johannes Kepler
  4. Galileo Galilei
  5. Isaac Newton
Grade 8 Space Exploration
What sport did the astronauts try to play on the Moon?
  1. lacrosse
  2. baseball
  3. football
  4. golf
Grade 6 Space Exploration
Which U.S. project was the first to land a human on the Moon?
  1. Project Surveyor
  2. Project Apollo
  3. Project Gemini
  4. Project Mercury
Grade 6 Space Exploration
The name of one of the space shuttles that exploded, killing all astronauts inside.
  1. Enterprise
  2. Columbia
  3. Discovery
  4. Atlantis
Grade 12 Space Exploration
Who published the first heliocentric model?
  1. Tycho Brahe
  2. Ptolemy
  3. Kepler
  4. Copernicus
Grade 7 Space Exploration
This type of telescope never has problems seeing through Earth's atmosphere. It uses lenses to enlarge an object.
  1. Earth-based telescope
  2. Reflecting telescope
  3. Refracting telescope
  4. Space-based telescope
Grade 4 Space Exploration
What was the the first mammal to enter space?
  1. mouse
  2. cat
  3. dog
  4. elephant
Grade 8 Space Exploration
What was president John F. Kennedy's goal for the space program?
  1. To go to infinity and beyond.
  2. To be the first nation to land a human on the Moon.
  3. To go to the edge of our solar system.
  4. To study the effects of the Sun on Earth's atmosphere.
Grade 8 Space Exploration
An enormous exoplanet, called HD 106906 b was discovered that is 11 times the size of Jupiter. What was NOT used to discover this new planet?
  1. International Space Station
  2. Hubble Space Telescope
  3. Infrared Camera
  4. Magellan Telescope
Grade 5 Space Exploration
When did the first human-made object land on the moon?
  1. 1949
  2. 1959
  3. 1962
  4. 1969
Grade 6 Space Exploration
Which U.S. project was the first to land a human on the Moon?
  1. Project Apollo
  2. Project Mercury
  3. Project Gemini
  4. Project Surveyor
Grade 8 Space Exploration
What are the name of the two astronauts that landed on the Moon on 1969?
  1. John Glenn and Alan Shepard
  2. Ronald McNair and Gregory Jarvis
  3. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.
  4. Jim Lovell and John Swigert
Grade 8 Space Exploration
Telescope in space used to observe universe using x-rays
  1. Erwin Telescope
  2. Darwin Telescope
  3. Moon Telescope
  4. Chandra Telescope
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