Programs & Missions
This American organization launches astronauts and satellites into space, orbit, and the Moon.
What is NASA?
This simple Soviet satellite was the first to be launched into orbit.
What was Sputnik 1?
This person was the first American launched into space.
Who was Alan Shepard?
This Apollo mission was the first to land on the Moon.
What was Apollo 11?
This chimpanzee, launched by the United States, was the first great ape into space and orbit.
Who was Ham the Astrochimp?
This former nation competed with the United States for dominance in space, achieving an early but temporary lead.
What was the Soviet Union?
This dog was the first mammal to be launched into space/orbit.
Who was Laika?
This person was the first to be launched into space and orbit.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
This Apollo mission was the first to orbit the Moon.
What was Apollo 8?
This mission was the first space craft docking in orbit.
What was Gemini 8?
This NASA program successfully launched astronauts in groups of three to the Moon.
What was the Apollo Program?
This was the United States' first satellite to be launched into orbit.
What was Explorer 1?
This person was the first American launched into orbit.
Who was John Glenn?
This Apollo mission ended in failure; a capsule fire destroyed the interior and killed three astronauts.
What was Apollo 1?
This rocket designer, formerly of Germany, helped NASA to launch astronauts into space, orbit, and to the Moon.
Who was Wernher von Braun?
This NASA program launched two astronauts per mission to develop and practice techniques for the Apollo Program.
What was the Gemini Program?
This cosmonaut was the first to perform a spacewalk.
Who was Alexei Leonov?
This astronaut was the first American to perform a spacewalk; he died in Apollo 1.
Who was Ed White?
This Apollo mission nearly ended in failure after its oxygen tank exploded; its astronauts were brought home safely.
What was Apollo 13?
This rocket engineer and spacecraft designer helped to launch Soviet rockets and cosmonauts into orbit.
Who was Sergei Korolev?
This early NASA program launched astronauts, one at a time, into space and orbit.
What was the Mercury Program?
This space station was the first to be launched into orbit by the Soviets.
What was Salyut 1?
This person was the first woman launched into space and orbit.
Who was Valentina Tereshkova?
This vehicle was used in the last three Apollo missions (15 - 17) to quickly move about the lunar surface.
What was the lunar rover?
This event, which formally ended the Space Race, was the first international human-crewed mission.
What was the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project or Soyuz 19?