Blast Back the Space Race

What year did the space race begin?

• 1969

• 2001

• 1957

• 1985

Who were the two main competitors in the space race?

• Soviet Union and Germany

• United States and China

• United States and Soviet Union

• United Kingdom and France

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

• Challenger

• Hubble

• Sputnik 1

• Apollo 11

Who was the first human to travel into space?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

What was the name of the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon?

• Gemini 7

• Soyuz 1

• Mercury-Redstone 3

• Apollo 11

What was the name of the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

What was the name of the Soviet space program that sent the first human into space?

• Vostok

• Soyuz

• Mir

• Apollo

What was the name of the American space program that landed the first humans on the moon?

• Mercury

• Saturn V

• Apollo

• Gemini

What was the name of the first space shuttle to be launched into space?

• Columbia

• Discovery

• Challenger

• Endeavour

What year did the space race officially end?

• 1969

• 1985

• 2000

• 1975