Causation
This 1957 satilite by Soviet was the first man-made object to orbit the Earth.
What is Sputnik 1?
This "Stray Dog" from Moscow became the first living creature to orbit the Earth in 1957.
Who is Laika?
This U.S. President famously claimed the U.S. would land on the moon "before this decade is out."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The Space Race was a "Proxy" for the Cold War, meaning it was a way to fight for power without doing this.
What is declaring direct war / using nukes?
What is NASA?
In 1961, this Soviet cosmonaut became the first human to ever enter space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
These were the first two men to walk on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
This 1975 mission, where U.S. and Soviet ships docked together, symbolized the start of "Détente" (easing of tensions).
What is the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project?
This German scientist went from building V-2 rockets for the Nazis to designing the Saturn V for the U.S.
Who is Wernher von Braun?
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first person of this gender to fly in space.
What is Female / A Woman?
This was the name of the massive rocket used to send the Apollo astronauts to the moon
What is the Saturn V?
This everyday modern technology relies on the satellite networks first developed during the Space Race.
What is GPS / Satellite TV / Cell Service?
Because the USSR launched Sputnik first, the U.S. passed this 1958 Act to pour massive funding into science and math education.
What is the National Defense Education Act?
This Soviet cosmonaut performed the first "spacewalk" (EVA) in history in 1965.
Who is Alexei Leonov?
These African American women, known as "Human Computers," were essential for calculating the trajectories for space flight.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, or Mary Jackson?
To the rest of the world, winning the Space Race was proof that your specific ____ was better than your enemy's.
What is Ideology / Government / Economy?
The Space Race was caused by the "Missile Gap" fear, which was the idea that if a country could launch a satellite, they could also launch one of these at their enemy.
What is an ICBM/Nuclear Missile?
The Soviets were the first to reach this celestial body with their "Luna 2" probe in 1959.
What is the Moon?
This 1967 tragedy, where three astronauts died during a ground test, almost ended the U.S. moon program entirely.
What is Apollo 1?
This famous 1968 photo of Earth from the Moon helped spark the first global Environmental Movement.
What is "Earthrise"?