The Space Race

The U.S. raced this country to space.

• Great Britain

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Soviet Union

The world's first artificial satellite?

• Lassie 1

• Sputnik 1

• Guerra 1

• Astro 1

Many in the U.S. believed the Soviets could use these to spy on them or drop bombs?

• satelites

• torpedos

• space shuttles

• helicopters

Laika, the first passenger in space, was what?

• a Soviet Cosmonaut

• an American Astronaut

• a dog

• a chimpanzee

Ed Harris played astronaut John Glenn in this 1983 film?

• The Right Stuff

• The Wrong Stuff

• Hidden Figures

• October Sky

What was the name of the first satellite the U.S. successfully launched?

• Exploder 1

• Explorer 1

• Orbitor 1

• Discovery 1

What Texas city did they locate the NASA Mission Control Center?

• San Antonio

• Dallas

• Houston

• Corpus Christi

What Texan, (who was President Kennedy's vice president at the time), was NASA Mission Control named for?

• Sam Houston

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John Glenn

The goal of the lunar program "Apollo" is to put a man where?

• on mars

• in space

• on the moon

• in his place

Who is the first American man in space?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Lyndon B. Johnson