Directions
Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions. When you find the
answer, write the answer on the paper provided. When you are finished, use the
back button of your browser to return to this question page.
1. Which two nations had a space race? StarChild Space Travel.htm
2. What is an astronaut? StarChild Glossary.htm
3. What was the name of the first spaceship that took Americans to the moon?
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/travel.html
4. Who was the first astronaut to actually step on the moon? http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/travel.html
5. What famous words did the first astronaut say when he walked on the moon? (Scroll down and look for: “One small step. .. . .) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html
6. What is a space satellite? (Hold your cursor on the word “satellite.”) http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sats_n_data/sats_n_data.html
7. Name one way space satellites help the United States and the world. http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/satlinks.html
8. Have some fun! See if you
can complete the Space Maze. Print out a “moon landing maze” at this web
site.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/mazedthings/moonlanding.html