Politics
The Cold War rivals launched who launched the Sputnik satellite.
Who was the USSR (Soviet Union)?
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The name of the first satellite in space.
What is Sputnik?
The name of the mission that carried famous astronaut Neil Armstrong to the moon.
This country sent the first human to space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
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?
The president who promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The first living organism that was sent to space
What is a dog?
This issue eventually led to the space race, between America and USSR.
What is the Arms Race?
This country made the first reusable spacecraft.
Who is the United States?
The Space Race was intensified due to this ideological divide.
What was the Space Race?
The Supreme Leader of USSR during the space race
Who is Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev?
The USSR’s launch of Sputnik suggested they could also launch these over long distances.
What are nuclear missiles?
This is the date of the moon landing
which is July 20th,1969?
This country sent the first Woman in space.
Who is the USSR?
What US organization was created for space-related innovation, formerly known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics?
what is NASA
The first American Man in space
Who was John Glenn?
Soviet achievements led to an American push to win this symbolic battle.
What was the Moon Landing?
After Sputnik, the U.S increased funding to two sectors of education.
Which are Math and Science?
This was a landmark event in which the U.S. came together with USSR to build this mega structure in space
The success of Apollo 11 helped boost American global prestige during this conflict-heavy decade.
What is the 1960's?
The third astronaut in the Apollo 11 program
Who is Michael Collins?
The pressure from the USSR pushed American scientists to pioneer these long-distance communication tools.
What are satellites or space-based communication systems?
This was the name of the first rover on Mars.
Which was the Sojourner?
This country made the first modular space station.
Who is the USSR?