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1957
What year did the Space Race begin?
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A government space agency.
What is NASA?
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The first ever artificial satellite.
What is Sputnik I?
100
Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States
What is the Cold War?
200
Satellite
What is the name of one object revolving around another object in space?
200
The Soviet Union
Which country was the first to launch a satellite into space?
200
Explorer I
What is the first artificial satellite sent into space by the U.S. in 1958?
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3 times.
How many times did the Friendship 7 orbit the Earth?
300
The acronym N.A.S.A.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
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The start of the Cold War
Launching a satellite into orbit started what competition?
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Yuri Gagaran
Who was the first human ever to orbit the Earth in 1961?
300
Friendship 7
What is the name of the first American spaceship to orbit the Earth with a human astronaut?
400
Spaceship orbiting Earth.
What is an example of an artificial satellite?
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Small cap on the end of a rocket.
What is a space capsule?
400
Freedom 7
What is the name of the spacecraft that carried the first American into orbit?
400
Vostok I
What is the name of the spaceship that carried the first Soviet Cosmonaut?
500
Cosmonaut
What is the name of a Russian space traveler?
500
Laika
What is the name of the first living creature (dog) to enter space aboard Sputnik II in 1957?
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Alan Shepherd
Who was the first American astronaut to enter space?
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
From where did the Friendship 7 lift off in 1962?
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