Space Exploration

The American effort to land astronauts on the moon and return them to Earth was named....

• The Buzz Program

• The Glenn Program

• The Apollo program

• The Sputnik Program

The first satellite launched into space by Russia 

• Space Suit
• Sputnik
• ISS
• Astronaut

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  

• NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
• NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
• NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL

WHO WAS THE 1ST SOVIET COSMONAUT TO ORBIT  THE EARTH ?  

• JOHN GLENN
• VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
• YURI GAGARIN
• PAVEL POPOVICH

WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DID THE U.S. USE TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE BEFORE HUMANS ?  

• CATS
• MONKEYS
• SNAKES
• DOGS

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan Sheppard

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gargarin

What was the first mission to land on the moon?

• Apollo 1
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13
• Apollo 17

What year was the first landing on the moon?

• 1957
• 1961
• 1962
• 1969

What was the space race?

• a solar system themed marathon race held in New York once a year
• a rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union during the 1968 Olympic Games
• a rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union to be the first to explore space
• a race between the USA and the Soviet Union to see who had the fastest rocket