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The Space Race
#1 What is an artificial satellite? A man-made object that orbits a larger body.
#2 What year was the Sputnik launched into orbit? 1957
#3 What nation launched the Sputnik? The Soviet Union
#4 What did each nation want to be the first to accomplish? Putting a man on the moon.
#5 Which nation was first to put a man on the moon? The U.S.A.
The Creation of NASA
#1 What country does NASA belong to? The U.S.A.
#2 What year was NASA founded? 1958
#3 What does NASA stand for? National Aeronautics and Space Administration
#4 Who founded NASA? President Dwight D. Eisenhower
#5 What was the objective of creating the NASA program? To get ahead of the rest of the worlds space efforts and it was a response to the launch of the Sputnik 1
The First Steps on the Moon
#1 What year was the first man on the moon? 1969
#2 What was the name of the space shuttle used for this mission? Apollo 11
#3 How many men went on the Apollo 11 mission? 3
#4 Who was the first man on the moon? Neil Armstrong
#5 Who was the second man on the moon? Buzz Aldrin
The Soviet Space Program
#1 What was first launched by the Soviet Space Program? The Sputnik 1
#2 What year was the Soviet space program started? 1959
#3 Who started the Soviet Space program? Sergei Korolev
#4 Who was in the first manned for the Soviet Union? Yuri Gagarin
#5 What is the name of the Soviet Space Program? Roscosmos
Nations Coming Together
#1 What does ISS stand for? International Space Station
#2 Name 2 of the Nations that worked together to build the ISS? Russia, United States, Canada, and Japan
#3 When did the building of the ISS begin? November 20,1988
#4 What is the ISS? A habitable artificial satellite
#5 When was the ISS put into orbit? May 23, 2010
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