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WorksheetsThe First Women in Space
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was the first woman in space?
Sally Ride
Jerrie Cobb
Valentina Tereshkova
Mary Funk
When did Valentina Tereshkova go into space?
1961
1962
1963
1964
Why was Valentina Tereshkova chosen to go into space?
She was rich and influential.
She enjoyed skydiving.
She was a great pilot.
She was married to Yuri Gagarin
How long would it be before NASA put a woman in space?
2 years
20 years
15 years
10 years
What was the name given to the group of American women training to be astronauts in the early 1960s?
The Mercury 13
The Mercury 7
The Mercury Girls
Team Mercury
Who was the first woman to complete all of the NASA training in the Mercury program?
Jerrie Cobb
Mary Funk
Sally Ride
Valentina Tereshkova
What is true about Jerrie Cobb?
She learned to fly when she was 17.
She was born in 1931.
She completed all of the Mercury training.
All of the above.
Of the all the women in the Mercury 13 Project, how many made it into space?
One
Two
Three
All of them
What reason was given as to why the Mercury 13 Project was cancelled?
The women were too qualified.
The women didn't know how to fly jets.
None of the women were pilots.
The women couldn't pass the training tests.
Why were the hearings of 1962 so unique?
The president joined them.
Women had very few rights.
Congress was on holiday at the time.
They ruled the Mercury 13 should go into space.
