WorksheetsThe Space Race
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What year did Yuri Gagarin go into space?
1916
1961
1969
1990
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Wernher von Braun
What was the first living thing in space?
A monkey
A rat
A cat
A dog
What was the purpose of Sputnik I?
Carry nukes into space.
Transmit radio signals.
Take pictures of America.
Land on the moon.
What project put the first American in space?
Project Mars
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
Project Shepard
When was the first man-made object launched into space?
1955
1957
1959
1961
Americans were worried about Sputnik I because of _____.
the Hot War
the Cold Fight
the Cold War
the Cool Scuffle
Who was the first director of NASA?
Wernher von Braun
John Glenn
Volks Wagen
Willie Brown
What was the first object launched by America into space?
Exploder I
Exploration I
Explosion I
Explorer I
The goal of NASA was to _____.
put an animal on the moon
build a station on the moon
put a person on the moon
claim the moon for America
The _____ Project put two people in space together for the first time.
Gemini
Gem
Twin Capsule
Glenn
NASA developed the _____ rocket to reach the moon.
Saturn IV
Neptune V
Saturn V
Apollo
Humans orbited the moon for the first time in _____.
1965
1966
1967
1968
In addition to putting the first object and first person in space, what else did Russia put in space first?
A space shuttle station
A space station
A moon base
A space hotel
What event was considered the end of the Space Race?
The Apollo-Soyuz Test
The Soyuz-Apollo Race
The Apple-Soy Exam
The Apollo-Soyuz Orbit
