Cold War: Space Race

Question 1

What happened on the 4th October 1957?

Answer 1

USSR sends the first manmade satellite to orbit earth (Sputnik)

Question 2

What happened on the 3rd November 1957?

Answer 2

USSR Sends first animal to space (dog)

Question 3

What happened 18th December 1958?

Answer 3

USA launches its first communications satellite into space

Question 4

What happened on the 12th April 1961?

Answer 4

USSR wins the race to send humans into space

Question 5

What happened on the 5th May 1961?

Answer 5

First successful American space flight

Question 6

What happened on the 25th May 1961?

Answer 6

President Kennedy announced that by the end of the decade, an American will land on the moon

Question 7

What happened on the 16th June 1963?

Answer 7

The first women in space (USSR)

Question 8

What happened on the 20th of July 1969?

Answer 8

Neil Armstrong becomes first human to walk on moon (kennedy’s promised fulfilled)

Question 9

What happened 23 April 1971?

Answer 9

First human crewed space stations launched (USSR)

Question 10

What happened on the 15th of July 1975?

Answer 10

First joint space mission between the USA and USSR