The Space Race

The Space Race started with the launch of ...

• Mercury Project

• Saturn V

• Gemini Project

• Sputnik

Sputnik was ...

• a rocket

• a Command Service Module (CSM)

• a space station

• a satellite

Which president declared that the United States would land a man on the moon and before what decade?

• Kennedy

  1970

• Lincoln

  1960

• Kennedy

  1960

• Lincoln

  1970

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

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 15

• Apollo 10

Why is Neil Armstrong famous?

• He said "Not because its easy, but because its haaard"

• He was the first American to orbit the earth

• He got died in the Apollo 1 accident

• He was the first person to step on the moon

What space craft is used to land on the moon itself?

• The Command Service Module (CSM)

• the Lunar Rover

• Saturn V

• the Lunar Module (LM)

What is the significance of the Saturn V?

• It propelled everything into space

• it was the oxygen system that kept the astronauts alive in space

• it was the parachute system that helped the astronauts return to earth

• It was not significant

What Apollo mission did not even get off the ground and resulted in three deaths?

• Apollo 1

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 2

• Apollo 3

This diagram was completed by a weird, confused JMS student. Help this student figure out which of his drawings is an orbit.

• A

• B

• C

• None

What Apollo mission had a malfunction with the oxygen tank and was considered a "successful failure"?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 1

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 3