The Space Race
The two countries primarily competing in the Space Race.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This soft material originally developed for space comfort is now used in mattresses.
What is memory foam?
The international spacecraft that has been home to astronauts since 2000.
What is the International Space Station?
The purpose of the U.S. Space Force.
What is protecting American interests (such as satellites) in space?
This satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 shocked the world.
What was Sputnik?
The type of lenses NASA helped make more durable.
What are scratch-resistant lenses?
The private company that first sent astronauts to space in 2020.
What is SpaceX?
What are SpaceX and Blue Origin?
The famous quote spoken when the first human stepped on the Moon.
What is "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?
NASA helped develop these cordless tools used in home improvement.
What are cordless power tools?
The two different years when Space Shuttle accidents occurred.
What are 1986 and 2003?
The primary challenges of human Mars missions.
What are radiation exposure and health challenges?
The year NASA was created in response to Soviet space achievements.
What is 1958?
A medical technology improved by NASA research.
What are heart monitors?
The first Space Shuttle launched by NASA.
What is Columbia?
These three men were the astronauts involved in the Apollo 11 mission.
Who were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
The exact date of the first Moon landing.
What was July 20, 1969?
The technology in cell phones that were influenced by technology first used in the space program.
What are cameras?
Number of Space Shuttles that flew into space.
What is five (Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour)?
The approximate distance between Earth and Mars.
What is 140 million miles?