People in Space

Americans were concerned that the Soviets were winning...

• the space race.
• the television broadcast.
• the moon.

In 1961, President Kennedy announced that before the decade was over, Americans would...

• land a man on the moon.
• explore space.
• orbit the earth.

An American spaceport was built in...

• Russia.
• Washington, D.C.
• Florida.
• Houston, Texas.

John Glenn was the first..

• Russian in orbit.
• American in orbit.
• American to reach Mars.

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 landing module, the Eagle,...

• landed on the moon.
• fell from space. 
• orbited Mars.

Who was the first human to set foot on the moon?

• John Glenn
• President Kennedy
• Neil Armstrong

What did Apollo 11 return to Earth?

• devices
• moon rocks
• solar wind

The first space station was...

• Skylab
• Mir
• Salyut I
• International Space Station

Space station where three different crews worked in a science and engineering lab.

• Skylab
• Mir
• International Space Station

The Soviet space station that made astronomical observations and studied manufacturing technologies.

• Skylab
• Mir
• Salyut I