KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Which of the following is the first piece of equipment that had to be invented to send objects and people into space?
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a space probe
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a space shuttle
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a rocket
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a lunar lander
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.
Detailed explanation-2: -American college professor and scientist Robert Goddard built and flew the world’s first liquid propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. Its flight, though unimpressive (it climbed only 12.5 meters), was the forerunner of the Saturn V Moon rocket 43 years later.
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