Space Race 🚀🌌 Flashcards
1
Q
what is the context of the space race
A
It’s a political race between the USA and the USSR during the cold war to prove who’s the best
2
Q
What happened in October 1957?
A
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik
3
Q
Who was the president of the US during Sputnik Launch
A
Dwight D. Eisenhower
4
Q
what happened then? in 1957
A
A dog Laika was sent into space by the Soviet union
5
Q
1958?
A
Satelit explorer 1 is launched
6
Q
1958 after that?
A
The NASA was created
7
Q
1961 for the USSR?
A
Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space
8
Q
July 1969
A
The first men on the moon
9
Q
How was the mission called
A
Apollo 11
10
Q
Who were aboard
A
N. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Micheal Collins
11
Q
Who stayed in the spaceship?
A
M. Collins
