Space Race

Who launched the first man made satellite into space?

• The USA

• The USSR

__________________ was the name of the satellite launched in 1957.

• Explorer

• Mercury 1

• Sputnik

• Luna 1

Who was the first person to orbit the earth?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Abel

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

The USA sent the first ___________________ into space.

• Dog

• Mouse

• Human

• Primate

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

• Allen Shepard

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

Which mission completed the first and only successful moon landing?

• Apollo 13

• Mercury 7

• Discoverer 1

• Apollo 11

The Space Race was a part of what war?

• WWII

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

• The Cold War

American space men were called Astronauts, Soviet space men were called ________________________

• Cosmonauts

• Rocketeers

• Comradnauts

• Astronauts

Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• None of these

When did the Space Race end with the docking of Soviet and American space crafts?

• 1969

• 1970

• 1963

• 1975