KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rocket
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Satellite
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Space Probe
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Space Shuttle
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Detailed explanation-1: -A probe is a spacecraft that travels through space to collect science information. Probes do not have astronauts. Probes send data back to Earth for scientists to study. Sputnik 1 was the first probe to go into space.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are a few other space probes that have reached, or are about to reach, the ‘boundary’ of our solar system, which is extremely far away, as you can imagine. Now, space probes, by definition, are robotic spacecraft, meaning that they don’t have humans onboard.
Detailed explanation-3: -No spacecraft has gone farther than NASA’s Voyager 1. Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in August 2012 and continues to collect data. Voyager 1 and its sister ship Voyager 2 have been flying longer than any other spacecraft in history.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explorers Program (1958–present) Pioneer program (1958–1978) Project Echo (1960–1964) Ranger program (1961–1965) Telstar (1962–1963) Mariner program (1962–1973) Lunar Orbiter program (1966–1967) Surveyor program (1966–1968) More items