Space Race Vocabulary

On October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite was launched by __________

• China

• Soviet Union

• USA

• Germany

_______ and ______ were competing to put a man into space and, in doing so, prove their superior scientific and military capabilities was known as the Space Race.

• USA and China

• Soviet Union and Russia

• Soviet Union and USA

• USA and Germany

Apollo Program

• Landing a man on mars for the first time.

• Launching a rocket into space

• Getting a rocket to orbit the earth first

• Landing a man on the moon for the first time.

What does NASA stand for?

• The National Aeronautics and Solar Administration

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• The National Arithmetic and Space Administration

• The National Aeronautics and Saturn Administration

Mathematician

• someone who likes math

• an expert math professor

• someone who doesn't like math

• an expert student of mathematics

__________ is the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon

• Launch

• Orbit

• Aeronautics

• Heath Shield

The science or practice of travel through the air.

• Space Travel

• Physics

• Biology

• Aeronautics

What does IBM stand for?

• International Business Mechanics

• International Computer Data Base

• International Business Machines

• International Busy Machines

Launch

• involves the landing of a rocket or other space launch vehicles

• involves liftoff, when a rocket or other space launch vehicle leaves the ground, floating ship or midair aircraft at the start of a flight.

a barrier of ablative material to protect a space capsule from heat on its entry into an atmosphere

• Heat Shield

• Launch

• Orbit

• Aeronautics