Space Race - Instruction

Who was a key figure in leading the US rocket program?

• Sergei Korolev

• Yuri Gagarin

• Wernher von Braun

• Neil Armstrong

Which satellite was the first to be successfully launched into orbit?

• Explorer 1

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

• Vostok 1

Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?

• Alan Shepard

• Valentina Tereshkova

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

Which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin use to orbit the Earth?

• Sputnik

• Apollo

• Vostok 1

• Soyuz

What was President Kennedy's ambitious space goal announced in 1961?

• To build a space station

• To land a man on the moon

• To launch a satellite

• To orbit the Earth

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

Who was the first woman to travel in space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Mae Jemison

• Kalpana Chawla

Which program was developed to help achieve the moon landing?

• Gemini

• Soyuz

• Sputnik

• Vostok

Which country was first to perform a spacewalk?

• China

• USSR

• Germany

• USA

What was the main goal of the Gemini program?

• To perform spacewalks

• To land on the moon

• All of the above

• To dock spacecraft in orbit