The Space Race

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

• Explorer I

• Sputnik

In 1958, President Eisenhower created ________, a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

• IAU

• FBI

• NASA

• CIA

Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?

• Soviet Union

• United States of America

Which of the following is evidence for the US winning the space race?

• US LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE

• USSR LAUNCHED A FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE

• NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON

• JOHN GLENN ORBITED THE EARTH

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

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Joseph Stalin

During the ____ ____ , the United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space.

• Blue Moon

• Cold War

• Civil War

• None of the above

During the Apollo 11 space mission, which astronaut piloted the spacecraft and stayed in orbit around the moon?

• Michael Collins

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

Was the Space Race really about Space? Or was it something more?