Moon Race Review Game (Part 2- Everything Else)

Which Apollo mission become known as a "successful failure" because they did not land on the moon, but did successfully return the astronauts to Earth?

• Apollo 1
• Apollo 8
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13

Who was the President behind the formation of NASA?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was Sputnik 2?

• lunar orbiting satellite carrying a chimpanzee

• Venus orbiting satellite carrying a dog

• space shuttle carrying a pig

• Earth orbiting satellite carrying a dog

Why were the Mercury 7 astronauts significant in the space race?

• They were all NCAA sprinting champions.
• They were all Air Force Veterans from World War II.
• They were the United States first group of astronauts.
• They were all engineers.

What was the name Alan Shepard gave to his Mercury Redstone 3 rocket?

• Friendship 7
• Freedom 7
• American 7
• Moon Race 7

What was the name John Glenn gave to his Mercury Atlas 6 rocket?

• Moon Race 7
• American 7
• Friendship 7
• Freedom 7

What was the name L. Gordon Cooper gave to his Mercury Atlas 9 rocket?

• Faith 7
• Freedom 7
• Moon Race 7
• Friendship 7

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What was the significant achievement of Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov in Voskhod 2?

• They become the first people to orbit Earth for four (4) straight days.
• They proved a heat shield was not needed to return to Earth.
• Alexei Leonov left his spacecraft to become the first person to walk in space.
• Pavel Belyayev became the first person to change crafts in space.

Who were the astronauts involved in the Gemini 4 mission?

• James McDivitt and Ed White
• Jim Lovell and Fred Haise
• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
• John Glenn and Alan Shepard

Who were the astronauts involved in the Gemini 8 mission?

• John Glenn and Charles "Pete" Conrad
• James McDivitt and Ed White
• Neil Armstrong and David Scott
• Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin