Firsts in Space
Technology Advances
Cold War Impact
The Moon Race
Sohler
100

What was the first artificial satellite in space?

Sputnik I

100

This U.S. organization was founded in 1958 to lead space exploration.

NASA

100

The Space Race was part of a larger conflict between the U.S. and USSR known as what?

The Cold War

100

This is the year did the first humans land on the moon.

1969

100

This is Sohler's favorite color.

Green

200

This man was the first human to travel to space.

Yuri Gagarin

200

Yuri Gargarin orbited the Earth in this capsule-like spacecraft.

Vostok 1

200

This doctrine was used to justify U.S. efforts to contain communism, including space competition. 

Truman Doctrine

200

Who were the first two astronauts to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

200

This is Sohler's favorite food.

Ice cream

300

This was the first American satellite launched into space.

Explore 1

300
In 1975, an Apollo spacecraft docked with this type of Soviet-made vehicle.

Soyuz 

300

This is how Americans react to Sputnik. 

Afraid

300

John F. Kennedy made this bold claim in May of 1961.

That the U.S. would go to the moon by the end of the decade.

300

This is the month that Sohler was born in.

June

400

This was the first American to orbit the Earth.

John Glenn
400

This type of Soviet rocket launched Sputnik in 1957.

R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile

400

What was the Soviet Union's goal in sending cosmonauts and satellites into space?

To demonstrate technological superiority over the U.S.

400

This is the phrase Neil Armstrong said when he stepped onto the moon.

"One small step for man, one giant leap mankind."

400

This is the hockey position Sohler played in high school.

Goalie

500

This was the first space probe to hit the moon.

The Soviet Luna 2.

500

The US made advancements in their space program because of this man.

Wernher von Braun

500

The joint Appolo-Soyuz mission symbolized this about U.S.-Soviet relations.

Gradual improvement of U.S.-Soviet relations.

500
This was the Apollo mission that landed on the surface of the moon.

Apollo 11

500

This is Sohler's favorite musician.

Bob Dylan

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