Space Race Quiz

What was the Space Race?

• A running race on Earth

• A race to the moon

• A competition in space exploration

• A car race in space

Who launched the first artificial satellite?

• United States

• China

• Soviet Union

• India

What was the name of the first artificial satellite?

• Hubble

• Voyager

• Sputnik 1

• Apollo 11

Who was the first human to orbit the Earth?

• Yuri Gagarin

• John Glenn

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

What did President Kennedy want to achieve by the end of the 1960s?

• Send a probe to Mars

• Launch a satellite

• Build a space station

• Land a man on the moon

What was the name of the program to land a man on the moon?

• Voyager

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Apollo

Who were the first humans to walk on the moon?

• Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins and Alan Shepard

• Sally Ride and Mae Jemison

What did Neil Armstrong say when he stepped on the moon?

• The eagle has landed.

• Houston, we have a problem.

• To infinity and beyond!

• That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

What was the name of the spacecraft that took the first humans to the moon?

• Columbia

• Vostok 1

• Apollo 11

• Challenger

What is the International Space Station?

• A research laboratory in space

• A space hotel

• A spaceship to Mars

• A satellite for TV