13. The Space Race

Who was the first country to put a successful satellite into orbit?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Ukraine

Who was the first person to orbit the earth?

• Wernher von Braun

• Sergei Korolev

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

Who made the bold claim that America would be the first to land a man on the moon?

• Wernher von Braun

• Sergei Korolev

• John F Kennedy

• Neil Armstrong

Who became the first American to orbit Earth?

• John Glenn

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Edwin Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

Who was the first woman to travel in space?

• John Glenn

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Edwin Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

Which program was launched to develop the technology needed for the Apollo program?

• Gemini

• Sputnik

• Vostok

• Explorer

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Edwin Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• Yuri Gagarin

Which country won the space race by landing on the moon first?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Ukraine

When did the US-Soviet joint program called the Apollo-Soyuz mission take place?

• 1957

• 1961

• 1969

• 1975