Abeka 8th Grade Science Exam Questions and
Verified Answers – Space Exploration, Rockets,
Satellites, Astronauts
Description: Verified exam questions and answers for Abeka 8th Grade
Science. Focus on space exploration history, American and Soviet space
programs, satellites, astronauts, modular space stations, and rocketry
principles. Ideal middle school science prep.
Who is the Father of Modern Rocketry? - answer✔✔Robert Goddard What was
the first artificial object to orbit the earth? On what day did it launch? -
answer✔✔Sputnik 1; October 4, 1957 Name the United States' first satellite. -
answer✔✔Explorer 1 Who was the first person to travel in space? -
answer✔✔Yuri Gagarin Who was America's first person in space? -
answer✔✔Alan Shepard Who was the first American to orbit the earth? -
answer✔✔John Glenn Which American space program put a man on the moon? -
answer✔✔Apollo Name the first man to set foot on the lunar surface. -
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Verified Answers – Space Exploration, Rockets,
Satellites, Astronauts
Description: Verified exam questions and answers for Abeka 8th Grade
Science. Focus on space exploration history, American and Soviet space
programs, satellites, astronauts, modular space stations, and rocketry
principles. Ideal middle school science prep.
Who is the Father of Modern Rocketry? - answer✔✔Robert Goddard What was
the first artificial object to orbit the earth? On what day did it launch? -
answer✔✔Sputnik 1; October 4, 1957 Name the United States' first satellite. -
answer✔✔Explorer 1 Who was the first person to travel in space? -
answer✔✔Yuri Gagarin Who was America's first person in space? -
answer✔✔Alan Shepard Who was the first American to orbit the earth? -
answer✔✔John Glenn Which American space program put a man on the moon? -
answer✔✔Apollo Name the first man to set foot on the lunar surface. -
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