KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Landing Gear
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Redial Arm
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Micro Lasers
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Satellite Radio
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sarnia, Ontario-born engineer Owen Maynard played a key role in the planning and design of the lunar landing module, the Eagle, used in the Apollo missions . He had worked on the Mercury capsule that carried U.S. astronauts into space for the first time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Canadarm is one of the most famous Canadian space inventions. It was launched into space on November 13, 1981 and was the start of Canada collaborating with NASA. The Canadarm was launched on the columbia STS-2 space shuttle. The Canadarm was a series of robotic arms that were used to fix things on the ISS.
Detailed explanation-3: -Did you know that Héroux-Devtek built the landing gear for the lunar module that Neil Armstrong piloted onto the moon’s surface during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969?