The Space Race

What year did the Space Race kick off?

• 1945

• 1955

• 1962

• 1969

Which side launched the first satellite ?

• USA

• U.S.S.R

• Britain

What type of animal was the first to go into space?

What does "sputnik" mean?

• Universe

• Traveller

• Explorer

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What did America name its first satellite launched in 1958 ?

• Explorer I

• Mercury

• Gemini

Who was the human to first orbit the Earth?

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagrin

NASA was founded in 1958: TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The first lunar module to land on the moon was Lunar 2: TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which President ordered the first man to the moon mission?

• John Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

On what date did John Kennedy boldly claim that America would land a man on the moon?

• 2nd September 1961

• 2nd September 1962

• 2nd September 1963

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