Space Race

The Space Race was a part of what war?

• Vietnam war

• World War I

• World War II

• Cold War

After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?

• France

• Germany

• The United States

• England

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

• Sputnik I

• Apollo 11

• Gemini

• Explorer I

Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

• United States

• Germany

• Japan

• Soviet Union

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• John Glenn

What was the name of the program that helped to develop a lot of the technology for the Apollo program?

• Friendship

• Sputnik

• Gemini

• Mercury

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

• Cosmonauts

• Moscovites

• Brezhnevers

• Comradnauts

Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Alan Shepherd

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the Moon?

• The Apollo

• The Luna

• The Eagle

• The Gemini

What year did the Space Race end with the Apollo-Soyez joint program mission?

• 1965

• 1975

• 1985

• 1995