Sally Ride — Questions and answers
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On what date did Dr. Sally Ride first go into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger?
Choices
- A) June 18, 1983 ✓
- B) July 4, 1983
- C) June 18, 1986
- D) May 1, 1983
Answer: A) June 18, 1983
From page 1
Besides being a brilliant scholar, what impressive athletic skill did Sally Ride have?
Choices
- A) She was a champion swimmer.
- B) She was a nationally ranked tennis player. ✓
- C) She was an Olympic gymnast.
- D) She was a professional dancer.
Answer: B) She was a nationally ranked tennis player.
From page 2
What important task was Sally Ride the first person to do using the Space Shuttle's Robotic Arm?
Choices
- A) Build a new space station.
- B) Fix a broken rocket engine.
- C) Retrieve a satellite in space. ✓
- D) Plant a flag on a planet.
Answer: C) Retrieve a satellite in space.
From page 4
What did the crew do on the Space Shuttle besides dealing with challenges like eating and sleeping in space?
Choices
- A) They played video games all day.
- B) They watched movies and read books.
- C) They conducted experiments in materials science, biology, and Earth observation. ✓
- D) They built a new part for the shuttle.
Answer: C) They conducted experiments in materials science, biology, and Earth observation.
From page 5
What was the name of the 50-foot-long robotic arm on the Space Shuttle, designed by Canadian engineers?
Choices
- A) The Space Grabber
- B) The Astro Arm
- C) The Canadarm ✓
- D) The Orbital Claw
Answer: C) The Canadarm
From page 6
What type of experiments did Sally Ride and her crew do that could help create new medical breakthroughs?
Choices
- A) Studying how plants grow in space.
- B) Testing new types of rocket fuel.
- C) Pharmaceutical processing experiments. ✓
- D) Observing different kinds of rocks.
Answer: C) Pharmaceutical processing experiments.
From page 7
What important role did Sally Ride have after her space missions to help make NASA safer?
Choices
- A) She became an astronaut trainer.
- B) She designed new space shuttles.
- C) She investigated space shuttle disasters. ✓
- D) She wrote books about space travel.
Answer: C) She investigated space shuttle disasters.
From page 8
What organization did Sally Ride co-found to inspire girls and young women in science and math?
Choices
- A) Girls in Space Club
- B) Sally Ride Science ✓
- C) Young Astronauts League
- D) Future Engineers Program
Answer: B) Sally Ride Science
From page 9
What important message did Sally Ride's work help to prove to people around the world?
Choices
- A) That only men can be astronauts.
- B) That the sky was not the limit for what people could achieve. ✓
- C) That science is too hard for kids.
- D) That space travel is only for scientists.
Answer: B) That the sky was not the limit for what people could achieve.
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