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100

The Cold War rivals launched who launched the Sputnik satellite.

Who was the USSR (Soviet Union)?

100

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Who is Neil Armstrong?

100

The name of the first satellite in space.

What is Sputnik?

100

The name of the mission that carried famous astronaut Neil Armstrong to the moon.

What was Apollo 11?
100

This country sent the first human to space

Who is Yuri Gagarin?

200

The Soviet Union's space successes pressured U.S. leaders to increase federal funding for this area, shifting national priorities during the Cold War.

What is space exploration or scientific research?

200

The president who promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade

Who is John F. Kennedy?

200

The first living organism that was sent to space

What is a dog?

200

This issue eventually led to the space race, between America and USSR.

What is the Arms Race?

200

This country made the first reusable spacecraft.

Who is the United States?

300

The Space Race was intensified due to this ideological divide.

What was the Space Race?

300

The Supreme Leader of USSR during the space race

Who is Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev?

300

The USSR’s launch of Sputnik suggested they could also launch these over long distances.

What are nuclear missiles?

300

This is the date of the moon landing

which is July 20th,1969? 

300

This country sent the first Woman in space.

Who is the USSR?

400

What US organization was created for space-related innovation, formerly known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics?

what is NASA

400

The first American Man in space

Who was John Glenn?

400

Soviet achievements led to an American push to win this symbolic battle.

What was the Moon Landing?

400

After Sputnik, the U.S increased funding to two sectors of education.

Which are Math and Science?

400

This was a landmark event in which the U.S. came together with USSR to build this mega structure in space

What is the ISS?
500

The success of Apollo 11 helped boost American global prestige during this conflict-heavy decade.

What is the 1960's?

500

The third astronaut in the Apollo 11 program

Who is Michael Collins?

500

The pressure from the USSR pushed American scientists to pioneer these long-distance communication tools.

What are satellites or space-based communication systems?

500

This was the name of the first rover on Mars.

Which was the Sojourner?

500

This country made the first modular space station.

Who is the USSR?

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