Space Race

After World War II, the US was locked in a space race with

• China

• England

• Germany

• the Soviet Union

In which mission did the US first land a man on the moon?

• Explorer

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

• Challenger

Which of these do engineers do to assist space travel?

• design spacecrafts

• wire space stations

• create communication systems

• all of the above

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Which of the following is true about the International Space Station?

• Its on the surface of Mars

• Its the size of ten football fields

• It was built from seperate parts sent to space

• It was a partnership between the US and Soviet Union

The race to the moon was called the ______ ________.

• Amazing Race

• Fastest Race

• Space Race

• Hardest Race

This President gave a speech that catapulted the U.S. forward in the space race.

• Richard M. Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the following is evidence for the US winning the space race?

• US LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE

• USSR LAUNCHED A FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE

• NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON

• JOHN GLENN ORBITED THE EARTH

According to the passage, which of these was true of the Cold War?

• it occurred before World War II

• it started after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957

• it made the competition known as the "space race" more intense

• the passage doesn't say

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK I

• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA

• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM

• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

Sputnik I was the name of the first successful satellite built by the _________ on October 4, 1957.

• Canadians

• South Americans

• Russians

• the United States