Space Race Flashcards

When was Sputnik sent up in space?

October 4, 1957

What was the act that Eisenhower passed after becoming afraid about Sputnik?

National Defense of Education Act

When was the first man sent into space?

April 12, 1961

Who was the first man in space?

Yuri Gagarin

Who was the first American in space?

Alan Sheppard

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

John Glenn

What was John Glenn part of?

The Mercury 7

What were the rockets NASA used to figure out how to get into space?

Mercury rockets

What were the rockets used by NASA to figure out how to work in space?

Gemini

Who were the astronauts that were burned to death on Apollo 1?

Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffey

When did Apollo 11 land on the moon?

July 20, 1969

Who were the astronauts on Apollo 11?

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins

What happened to Apollo 13?

An oxygen tank exploded, and the three astronauts almost died

What was the last Apollo mission?

Apollo 17

What was the predecessor to the Space Shuttle and what happened to it?

Skylab; it fell back to Earth near India and Australia

What was the joint mission between the US and the USSR?

Apollo/Soyuz

When did Challenger explode?

January 28, 1986

Who was the teacher aboard Challenger?

Christa McAuliffe

When did Columbia break apart after a piece of insulation made a hole in the wing?

February 1, 2003

What was the first mars rover?

Pathfinder

Who runs Space X and who runs Blue Origin?

Elon Musk; Jeff Bezos 🤮