The Cold War Space Race

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The Space Race was a part of what war?

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The Cold War

Front

What was the true major concern of the opposing forces in the Space Race?

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One country would have military dominance using space weaponry

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Who launched the first man made satellite into space?

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The USSR

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What did many in the U.S. believe the Soviets could use to spy on them or drop bombs?

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satellites

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Which president vowed that the US would go to the moon?

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JFK

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American space men were called Astronauts, Soviet space men were called ________________________

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Cosmonauts

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What does NASA stand for?

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

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What is the name of the program, directed by NASA, designed to stage a series of space test flights between 1961 and 1963?

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Mercury Project

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Who was the first person to orbit the earth?

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Yuri Gagarin

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Who is the first American man in space?

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Alan Shepard