THE SPACE UNIT 4

What event marked the beginning of the Space Race?

• The launch of Explorer 1 by the USA

• The launch of Sputnik by the USSR

• The moon landing of Apollo 11

What animal was sent into space aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957?

• A dog named Laika

• A monkey

• A turtle

In what year did Yuri Gagarin become the first human to orbit the Earth?

• 1957

• 1961

• 1965

Which country was the first to photograph the far side of the Moon?
a) The United States
b) The Soviet Union
c) China

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• China

• Which US mission was the first to land on the Moon?
  a) Gemini 8
  b) Apollo 11
  c) Mercury-Redstone 3

• Gemini 8

• Apollo 11

• Mercury-Redstone

• Which famous astronaut said, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”?
  a) Buzz Aldrin
  b) Neil Armstrong
  c) Michael Collins

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Michael Collins

What joint mission between the USA and USSR symbolized peaceful space collaboration during the Cold War?

• Apollo-Soyuz

• Gemini-Soyuz

• Luna-2

• In what year was Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, launched?
  a) 1955
  b) 1957
  c) 1960

• 1955

• 1957

• 1960

What US space program aimed to land a man on the Moon before 1970?
a) Gemini
b) Mercury
c) Apollo

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Apollo

1. Which country was the first to send a living creature into space?
   a) The United States
   b) The Soviet Union
   c) France

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• France