Space Race Events Quiz
Instructions: How well do you recall the thrilling milestones of the Space Race?
- 1.
In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite?
A1959B1961C1955D1957 - 2.
Who was the first human to orbit the Earth?
AYuri GagarinBJohn GlennCAlan ShepardDValentina Tereshkova - 3.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
AAlan ShepardBScott CarpenterCJohn GlennDGus Grissom - 4.
On what date did Neil Armstrong first walk on the Moon?
AAugust 5, 1969BJuly 24, 1969CJuly 20, 1969DJuly 16, 1969 - 5.
What was the name of the first animal sent into orbit by the Soviet Union?
AHamBFelicetteCLaikaDEnos - 6.
Which Apollo mission experienced a near-disaster and was called a 'successful failure'?
AApollo 17BApollo 8CApollo 13DApollo 1 - 7.
Who was the first American in space (suborbital flight)?
AAlan ShepardBJohn GlennCWally SchirraDGus Grissom - 8.
Which president delivered the famous speech committing America to landing on the Moon?
ALyndon JohnsonBDwight EisenhowerCJohn F. KennedyDRichard Nixon - 9.
What was the first manned Apollo mission to orbit the Moon?
AApollo 11BApollo 10CApollo 8DApollo 7 - 10.
Who was the second person to walk on the Moon?
AMichael CollinsBBuzz AldrinCAlan BeanDPete Conrad - 11.
Which Soviet cosmonaut performed the first spacewalk?
AAlexei LeonovBVladimir KomarovCYuri GagarinDGherman Titov - 12.
What was the name of the joint US-Soviet space mission in 1975?
AApollo-Soyuz Test ProjectBSpace Shuttle ColumbiaCSkylabDGemini-Vostok - 13.
Which was the last Apollo mission to land on the Moon?
AApollo 18BApollo 17CApollo 16DApollo 15 - 14.
What tragic event killed three astronauts during a launch pad test in January 1967?
AApollo 1 fireBColumbia disasterCChallenger disasterDApollo 13 accident - 15.
What was America's first space station, launched in 1973?
ASalyutBSkylabCFreedomDMir