Important dates
What year did the Apollo 11 Launch?
1969
Who was the first person to go to space?
Yuri Gagarin
What sport did Alan Shepard play on the moon?
Golf
Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What year did the first animals return from space alive?
1960
Who were the two people on the Apollo 11?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
What animal was first sent to space?
(fruit) flys
What was the first dog that went to space named?
Laika
What year did the US join the space race?
1958
Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
Which Apollo was struck by lightning?
Apollo 12
Who was the last person to set foot on the moon?
Eugene Cernan
What year did the US launch the first weather satellite?
1959
Who won the Space Race?
U.S.A
Which Apollo mission had the last person to walk on the moon?
Apollo 17
What country was the first to take pictures of Mars?
U.S.A
What year did the USSR launch Sputnik 1?
1957
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shepard
What is the first solar powered satellite named?
Vanguard 1
Who said the quote, “Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there” ?
John F. Kennedy