6th - 5.4 Race to the Moon

The first artificial object to orbit the earth is

the first U.S. satellite

the first person to travel in space

America's first person in space

the first American to orbit the earth

the Apollo mission that landed the first men on the moon

the first person to set foot on the surface of the moon

When did the space race begin?

• October 1957

• October 1958

• October 1961

• October 1962

the first women to fly in space was

• Yuri Gagarin

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Laika

• Columbia Apollo