Major Events
What year did the Space Race start AND finish?
1955 and 1975
What two countries was the Space Race between?
The US and the USSR
First spacecraft that the US launched
Explorer 1
What is the purpose of NASA?
Space Exploration
What revolution occured that started the interest for space exploration
Scientific
What year did the USSR launch the Sputnik 1?
1957
Who was the first man to step foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Name of the spacecraft that was launched with a dog named Laika on it
Sputnik 2
President that formed NASA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What were Neil Armstrong's famous words when he step foot on the moon
"That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
What year did the US launch the Explorer 6?
1959
Who was the man that made the first ever liquid - fueled rocket?
Robert Goddard
What spacecraft was the first women (to go to space) aboard?
Vostok 6
What were the names of the other two groups that NASA worked with?
Spearheaded and Corona
The name of the book that Nicolaus Copernicus published which talked about his heliocentric theory
On the Revolutions of the heavenly Spheres
What month and year (date not necessary for full credit) did the USSR send Yuri Gagarin to space aboard the Vostok 1?
April 12, 1961
Who was the first women to go to space?
Valentina Tereshkova
What known as the first "cosmic rocket"
Luna 1
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What does ICBM stand for?
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
What was the EXACT date of the successful journey to Mars by the Mariner 4 Satellite?
July 14, 1965
Name three out of the five Presidents who had at least one term during the Space Race
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) / John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) / Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1965) / Richard M. Nixon (1969-1973) / Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
The spacecraft that blew up with the crew surviving
Apollo 13
The EXACT date of when NASA was founded
July 29, 1958
What was the first organism to go to space (Hint: type of fly)?
Fruit Flies