Space Race

Who was the space race between?

• Soviet Union and the United States

• United States and China 

What German Scientist would lead the US Space Program?

• Albert Einstein 

• Wernher von Braun 

What year did both countries announce that they would do this?

• 1955

• 1950

• 1965

What was the name of the first Soviet Satellite launched into space? 

• Sputnik 

• Hubble 

Who was the first American in Space?

• John Glenn 

• Alan Shepard  

NASA was the space program by the U.S. federal government.

• true

• false

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon in what year?

• 1959

• 1969

• 1954

• 1964

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong 

• Buzz Aldrin 

Neil Armstrong's famous quote was...

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for _________."

• mankind

• humans

• men

• women

Who "won" the space race?

• United States

• Soviet Union