Firsts in Space
This Soviet satellite became the first man made object to orbit Earth in October of 1957.
What is Sputnik 1?
The American man who said, “one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
In a famous speech in 1961, this president committed the U.S to landing a man on the moon.
This massive rocket was one of the first created by NASA to send astronauts to the moon.
What is the Saturn V?
This American 1970 mission suffered an explosion but still returned the crew home safely.
What is Apollo 13?
In April 1961, this Soviet astronaut became the first human being to travel into outer space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
The numeric designation of the final Apollo mission to land on the moon.
What is Apollo 17?
This U.S agency was created in 1958 in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1.
What is NASA?
This American space program was NASA’s very first project to put a single astronaut into orbit.
What is Project Mercury?
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee passed away in a fire during a test of this mission in 1967.
What is Apollo 1?
Explorer 1, the first U.S satellite, discovered these zones of radiation surround earth.
What are the Van Allen Radiation Belts?
While Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon, this member orbited above in the command module.
Who is Michael Collins?
This “invisible” barrier was declared to have divided Europe by Winston Churchill.
This 2 man American space program was able to connect the gap between the solo Mercury flights and the Apollo moon missions.
What is Project Gemini?
In 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform this move outside of his spacecraft.
This stray dog from Moscow became the first living creature to orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2.
Apollo 8 made history during Christmas of 1968 by performing this move for the first time.
what is orbiting the moon?
This man was the Premier of the Soviet Union who went head to head with JFK during the peak of the early space race.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This Soviet aerospace engineer was known as the chief designer of the U.S.S.R and helped them in their early triumphs.
Who is Sergei Korolev?
This man was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, gaining morale for the U.S after many Soviet wins prior.
Who is John Glenn.
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova achieved this Milestone aboard the Vostok 6 Mission.
who was the first RUSSIAN woman in space?(must say Russian to complete answer)
This animal name was the specific call sign of the Apollo 11 lunar module that landed at tranquility base.
What is Eagle?
The Space Race ended in 1975 when an American Apollo Ship docked with a Soviet Craft from this program.
What is Soyuz?
This highly flammable liquid gas was used to fuel the Saturn V rocket.
What is liquid hydrogen?
This U.S president has a speech titled, “in case of moon disaster” prepared for if the Apollo 11 astronauts became stranded on the moon.