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WorksheetsThe Space Race
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?
France
Germany
Japan
China
What is considered to be the starting point of the Space Race?
When President Kennedy announced U.S. plans to put a man on the moon.
When the U.S. created NASA to explore space.
When USSR launched the satellite Sputnik.
When American astronaut Alan Shepherd reached outer space.
___________ was the first satellite launched into space.
Vangaurd
Explorer 1
Sputnik 1
Orbitor1
Which is not a true statement about the launch of Sputnik.
Showed that the Soviets now had the technology to launch ICBMs from Europe to the US
The US developed DERPA and NASA in responce
It was the first event of the Space Race
It was a European Satellite
Which president established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
In 1961, John F. Kennedy challenged the US to put a man on the moon by the end of __________.
the year
the decade
1970
the 20th Century
What is the name of the program, directed by NASA, designed to stage a series of space test flights between 1961 and 1963?
Gemini Project
Apollo Program
Manhatten Project
Mercury Project
What NASA program put people on the moon?
Apollo Program
Gemini Project
Mercury Project
Apollo–Soyuz Project
When did the Space Race end?
1969 - Moon Landing
1971 - Russia launches first Space Station
1973 - Last mission to the Moon
1975 - Apollo-Soyuz meeting up in space
