Animals in Space
First animal to interact with the space craft.
Who was Ham?
First American in space.
Who is Alan Sheppard?
Latin word that means twins.
Why was the Gemini program named Gemini?
First American to do a space walk.
Who is Ed White?
First hypersonic rocket powered aircraft.
What is the X-15?
The name United States gave to the first dog in space.
What is Muttnik?
Name of the Mercury astronauts as a group.
What was the Magnificent 7?
When the Gemini program started.
What is 1961?
Number of days to travel to the moon and back, same as Gemini 5's mission.
What is 8 days?
The X-15 was launched from this aircraft.
What is the B-52?
First Soviet dog in space.
Who is Laika?
Name of the first Mercury capsule.
What was Freedom 7?
Was the first civilian astronaut.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
First astronaut to train under water.
Who was Buzz Aldrin?
First to pilot, in a glide, underpower, and with the rocket engine, the X- 15.
Who is A. Scott Crossfield?
Rhesus Monkey.
What is the first mammal in space?
First Human in Space.
Daily Double if you can give the entire date.
Who was Yuri Gagarian?
When was April 12, 1961?
First person to do a space walk?
Who is Soviet Alexi Lanuf?
Ate a corn beef sandwich in space
Who was John Young?
The two astronauts that flew the X-15.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle?
Year of first mammal in space.
What is 1949?
First woman in space.
Who was Valentina Tereshkova?
Number of Gemini missions between 1965 and 1966.
What is 10?
These two missions meet up in space near Christmas 1965.
What were Gemini mission 6 and 7.
Multiple control sticks.
What is unique to a rocket plane?