Space Race Achievements

Which country launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• China

What year did the Space Race officially begin?

• 1969

• 1945

• 1955

• 1987

Who was the first human to travel into space?

• John Glenn

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

What was the name of the spacecraft that carried the first humans to the Moon?

• Gemini 7

• Mercury 9

• Saturn V

• Apollo 11

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Which country was the first to send a woman into space?

• United States

• China

• Soviet Union

• India

What was the name of the first space shuttle launched by NASA?

• Challenger

• Discovery

• Columbia

• Endeavour

Who was the first woman to travel into space?

• Sally Ride

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Mae Jemison

• Christa McAuliffe

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Edwin Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

Which country launched the Mars Rover, Perseverance, in 2020?

• China

• United States

• Russia

• India