Space Race Cold War

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?

• Voyager 1

• Mercury-Redstone 3

• Sputnik 1

• Apollo 11

Which American astronaut was the first to travel into space in 1961?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

What was the name of the program initiated by the United States to land humans on the moon and bring them back safely?

• Apollo program

• Gemini program

• Mercury program

• Voyager program

Who was the first woman to travel to space, launched by the Soviet Union in 1963?

• Amelia Earhart

• Yuri Gagarin

• Sally Ride

• Valentina Tereshkova

Which spacecraft was used by the United States for the first manned moon landing in 1969?

• Space Shuttle Columbia

• Voyager 1

• Mercury-Redstone 3

• Apollo 11

What was the name of the space station launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 that orbited the Earth for nearly a decade?

• Mir

• Skylab

• Salyut 1

• Vostok

Which American space shuttle exploded shortly after launch in 1986, resulting in the loss of all crew members on board?

• Space Shuttle Columbia

• Space Shuttle Atlantis

• Space Shuttle Challenger

• Space Shuttle Discovery

What was the name of the first American space station launched into orbit in 1973?

• GalaxyLab

• AstroLab

• CosmoLab

• Skylab

Which Soviet space probe was the first to successfully land on Mars in 1971?

• Mars 1

• Mars 4

• Mars 3

• Mars 2

What was the name of the joint US-Soviet mission in 1975 that saw spacecraft from both nations dock in space?

• Soyuz-Mir Test Project

• Gemini-Apollo Test Project

• Mercury-Gemini Test Project

• Apollo-Soyuz Test Project