The Space Race: Timeline, Cold War & Facts

What event marked the beginning of the Space Race?

• The launch of Sputnik

• The Cuban missile crisis

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

• The end of World War II

Who was the first person to orbit Earth?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

Which U.S. President created NASA?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

What was the name of the first U.S. satellite?

• Apollo 11

• Luna 2

• Vostok 1

• Explorer I

Which mission was the first to land humans on the moon?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 17

• Apollo 8

What was the primary goal of the Apollo program?

• To launch the first satellite

• To land a man on the moon

• To orbit the Earth

• To build a space station

Which Soviet spacecraft was the first to hit the moon?

• Sputnik

• Vostok 1

• Soyuz

• Luna 2

What was the name of the joint U.S.-Soviet mission in 1975?

• Gemini

• Apollo-Soyuz

• Vostok

• Mercury

Who was the first American to orbit Earth?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

What was the name of the Soviet engineer who was a key figure in their space program?

• Alexei Leonov

• Sergey Korolyov

• Yuri Gagarin

• Valentina Tereshkova