The Space Race Quiz

Who were the two great powers involved in the Space Race?

• United Kingdom and France

• United States and Soviet Union

• China and Japan

• Germany and Italy

Who was the first country to successfully launch a satellite into orbit?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• China

• Germany

Who was the first woman to travel in space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

Which spacecraft successfully landed on the moon in 1969?

• Vostok 1

• Freedom 7

• Eagle

• Sputnik 1

Who became the first man to walk on the moon?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Michael Collins

• Buzz Aldrin

Which program was launched by NASA to develop technology for landing on the moon?

• Soyuz

• Gemini

• Vostok

• Apollo

When did President John F Kennedy claim that America would land a man on the moon?

• 1975

• 1969

• 1961

• 1955

What was the name of the Soviet satellite launched in 1957?

• Vostok 1

• Apollo 11

• Explorer 1

• Sputnik 1

Which country won the Space Race by landing on the moon first?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• China

• Germany

Which American astronaut became the first to walk in space?

• Ed White

• John Glenn

• Michael Collins

• Buzz Aldrin