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Space Race Moonpardy

US Space Program

Question: On October 1, 1958, the United States formed this organization which would help America make great discoveries in space. It is still active today.
Answer: What is NASA?

Question: This is a term meaning a man or woman who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Answer: What is an astronaut?



Question: In 1961, this US president made an important speech in front of congress declaring that we would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Answer: Who is John F. Kennedy?

Question: In 1958, this became the first American satellite to reach orbit.
Answer: What is the Explorer?

Question: In 1965, this satellite returns the first close-range images of what planet?
Answer: What is Mars?

USSR Space Program

Question: On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched this rocket, the first man-made satellite.
Answer: What is Sputnik?

Question: The Sputnik 2 carried this animal, named Laika, into space.
Answer: What is a dog?

Question: Gherman Titov spent this much time in space aboard the Vostok 2 in 1961.
Answer: What is a day?

Question: Valentia Tereshkova achieved this feat in 1963.
Answer: What is becoming the first woman in space?

Question: Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his spacecraft in 1965, performing the first ever action of this.
Answer: What is spacewalking?

Astronauts

Question: In 1969, these two men become the first to walk on the moon. Name one of them.
Answer: Who are Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin?

Question: In 1961, this Soviet man becomes the first man in space.
Answer: Who is Yuri Gagarin?

Question: In 1961, this man becomes the first American in space.
Answer: Who is Alan B. Shephard?

Question: In this year, NASA picked its first ever group of astronauts.
Answer: When is 1959?

Question: In 1959, this American man orbits the Earth three times in a small spacecraft.
Answer: Who is John Glenn?

Final Jeopardy

Question: This Apollo mission was the only mission from Apollos 11-17 to not successfully put a man on the moon.
Answer: What is Apollo 13?

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