Space Race

What year did the Space Race begin?

• 2000

• 1969

• 1957

• 1952

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

WHO WAS THE 1ST SOVIET COSMONAUT (Astronaut) TO ORBIT THE EARTH ?

• JOHN GLENN

• VALENTINA TERESHKOVA

• YURI GAGARIN

• PAVEL POPOVICH

WHICH NATION WAS THE 1ST TO LAUNCH A WOMAN INTO SPACE?  

• SOVIET UNION
• UNITED STATES

WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?  

• LBJ
• JFK
• DWIGHT EISENHOWER

What was the next important event after the first American was sent into space?

• Russia launched Sputnik 1 into space.

• Laika became the first dog sent into space.

• Neil Armstrong was the first man to set food on the moon.

• John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth.

The Space Race was a part of what war?  

• Vietnam War
• World War II
• Cold War
• Afghanistan War

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

• Sputnik I
• Vostok I
• Apollo 11
• Explorer I

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• John Glenn
• Michael Collins 

American space pilots were called astronauts. What were Soviet space pilots called?

• Comradnauts 
• Cosmonauts 
• Rocketmen
• Brezhnevers