Space Race Quiz

What event marked the beginning of the Space Race?

• Launch of the first American rocket

• Announcement of the creation of NASA

• Launch of Sputnik I

• Sending Laika into space

Who was the first animal sent into space?

• A monkey

• A hamster

• A cat

• A dog

What was the name of the first satellite launched by the USSR?

• Explorer I

• Vostok I

• Sputnik I

• Apollo 11

Which American astronaut made the first orbital flight?

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

Which space program was launched to send a man to the Moon?

• Vostok

• Mercury

• Gemini

• Apollo

Which American president called for sending a man to the Moon?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

What event marked the end of the Space Race?

• Apollo-Soyuz Mission

• Creation of NASA

• Launch of Apollo 11

• Launch of Sputnik II

What was the main objective of the Gemini program?

• Build a space station

• Launch satellites

• Study the effects of space on humans

• Develop nuclear rockets

What was the name of the first man to orbit the Earth?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

Which space mission was the first to successfully land on the Moon?

• Apollo 12

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 16

• Apollo 15