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What year was the telescope first used to view stars?
1609
In which year did Robert Goddard launch the first rocket?
1926
When was Sputnik the first satellite to orbit Earth?
1958
Who was the first man in space and in which year did this event occur?
Yuri Gagarin in 1961
Which year marked Alan Shepard as the first American in space?
1961
When did John Glenn become the first person to orbit Earth?
1962
Neil Armstrong became the first person on the Moon in which year?
1969
In what year did the Space Shuttle Program launch?
1981
When did the International Space Station launch?
1998
What year did the uncrewed Curiosity Rover land on Mars?
2011
In which year did SpaceX launch its first astronauts since 2011?
2020
When was the James Webb Space Telescope launched?
2021
What event occurred in 2022 related to space exploration?
Artemis I was launched and orbited the Moon
What are asteroids?
Objects of rock, metal, and ice that are smaller planets and revolve around the Sun.
Define comets.
Solar system objects made of ice and **** which follow a long narrow orbit around the Sun
Describe gravity and its role in the solar system.
Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects that have mass. It governs the movement of our solar system and keeps objects in orbit
