Space Race Year 5

How many planets are in our Solar System?

• 8
• 7
• 9
• 5

The Space Race began in _____.

• 1999

• 1925

• 1955

• 2001

Sputnik I was the name of the first successful satellite built by the _________ on October 4, 1957.

• Canadians

• South Americans

• Russians

• the United States

Which country placed the first man in space and orbited the Earth?

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• England

• France

Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut from the _________ __________.

• Soviet Union

• Great Plains

• United States

• Big Easy

Did the United States launch their first satellite into space before or after the Soviet Union?

• Before

• After

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

• SOVIET UNION
• UNITED STATES

In which mission did the US first land a man on the moon?

• Explorer

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

• Challenger

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

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

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin