The Space Race Quiz

Who became the first person to orbit the earth?

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

Which spacecraft was used for the first manned moon landing?

• Vostok 1

• Freedom 7

• Apollo 11

• Gemini

Who was the first woman to travel in space?

• Anna Fisher

• Christa McAuliffe

• Sally Ride

• Valentina Tereshkova

Which country achieved the first successful satellite launch into orbit?

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Soviet Union

• China

Who was the first American to walk in space?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Ed White

• John Glenn

• Michael Collins

Which program was launched by NASA to develop technology for the Apollo program?

• Sputnik program

• Vostok program

• Explorer program

• Gemini program

Which US president made the bold claim that America would be the first to land a man on the moon?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

What joint US-Soviet space flight symbolized the improvements of US-Soviet relations in the late Cold War?

• Apollo 11 mission

• Soyuz 1 mission

• Apollo-Soyuz mission

• Mir mission