The Early Space Race

The Early Space Race

9th - 12th Grade

8 Qs

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The Early Space Race

The Early Space Race

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Science, History

9th - 12th Grade

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event marked the beginning of the Space Race?

The United States launching the satellite Explorer I

The Soviet Union launching Laika into orbit

Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man launched into space

The Soviet Union launching the satellite Sputnik I

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following were official programs of both Soviet and NASA space programs?

Voskhod

Mercury

Volkswagen

Voskhod

Hermes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the line that separates Earth's atmosphere and outer space?

The Karman Line

The Maginot Line

The Dryden Line

The Atmospheric Line

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

American space pilots were called astronauts, what were Soviet space pilots called?

Comradenauts

Rocketmen

Cosmonauts

Stalinauts

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space on what mission?

Sputnik II

Vostok I

Voskhod I

Vostok III

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first woman in space?

Sally Ride

Svetlana Savitskaya

Valentina Tereshkova

Mae Jemison

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which American and Soviet programs featured the first spacewalks?

Apollo and Soyuz

Kennedy and Breznev

Mercury and Vostok

Gemini and Voskhod

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first American in space?

John Glenn

Alan Shepard

Gus Grissom

Neil Armstrong