1940s - 1950s
What year did the Space Race start?
1955
Who was the first human to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin
What was the first satellite to leave earth's gravity (Influence)?
Luna 1
What rocket was developed by the USSR to try and beat the US to the first human lunar landing?
The N-1 Rocket
What country developed and launched the Black Knight and Gamma rockets?
Britain
What was the first sounding rocket developed by the U.S?
The WAC Corporal
Neil Armstrong and David Scott
What was the first lander to softly land on the lunar surface?
Luna 9
What was the USSR's shuttle called to compete with the US's space shuttle?
The Buran Shuttle
What country developed and launched the Belier sounding rocket?
France
What rocket was used by the Soviet Union to launch the first satellites into orbit?
The R-7
Who was the first human to stay longer than 24 hours in space?
Gherman Titov
Which satellite took the first color videos of earth?
ATS-3
What hypothetical rocket would have allowed the U.S to launch 550 tons to LEO (Low Earth Orbit)?
The Sea Dragon
What country developed and launched the Shavit series of sounding rockets?
Israel
What rocket did the U.S use to launch their first satellites into orbit?
The Jupiter-C (Juno I)
Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper
Which satellite was the first to enter a geostationary orbit around the earth?
Syncom 3
What hypothetical space station was being developed by USAF that would allow the U.S to beat the USSR to orbit the first space station?
The MOL Station
What country developed and launched the Rohini series of sounding rockets?
India
What program run by the Soviet Union was the first to reach the moon, and when did they first hit the lunar surface?
The Luna Program
14th of September, 1959
Who were the first humans to enter lunar orbit?
Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders
Which lander was the first to be launched onto the lunar surface and then be returned back to earth?
Luna 16
What hypothetical spacecraft was proposed by General Electric to send humans to the moon?
The D-2
What country developed and launched the Diamant series of orbital rockets?