Space Race Terminology
The name of the Soviet Union's space program.
Vostok program
The year the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space.
1957
The type of rocket used by the Soviet Union to launch the first satellite.
R-7 rocket
The United States president who challenged the country to land a man on the Moon.
President Kennedy
The name of the first satellite launched into space by the soviet union.
Sputnik
The year the Soviet Union sent the first human into space.
1961
The type of rocket used by the United States to launch the first American into space.
Freedom 7 capsule
The Soviet Union leader who authorized the launch of the first satellite.
Sergei Korolev
The name of the first human to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin
The year the United States landed the first humans on the moon.
1969
The type of spacecraft used by the Soviet Union to send humans into space.
Soyuz spacecraft
The United States president who was in office during the first Moon landing.
President Nixon
The name of the first American to orbit the Earth.
John H. Glenn
The year the Soviet Union launched the first space station.
1971
The type of spacecraft used by the United States to send humans to the Moon.
Apollo 11 Saturn V
The Soviet Union leader who canceled the Soviet Moon-landing program.
Oleg Makarov
The name of the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
Luna 2 of the Soviet Union
The year the Soviet Union launched the first woman into space.
1963
The type of rocket used by the Soviet Union to launch the first space station.
Proton Rocket
The United States president who announced the end of the Space Race.
President Kennedy