History of the Space Race

5. Who was the first human in space?
7. Who challenged the USA to land a man on the moon (He was from our city!)?
9. Who launched the first human into space?
11. What is it called when a human steps outside of a spacecraft in outerspace?
13. How many missions would go to the moon?
15. What is the abbreviation for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
16. What are robotic spacecraft that fly without pilots called?
20. Who sent the first woman into space?
22. What was the first country to put a human on the moon?
23. What are planets outside of our solar system called?
24. The fist space station was created by the USSR, what was it called?
25. What was NASA's first space station called?

1. Who launched Sputnik and started the space race?
2. What was the period of hostility between the U.S.S.R and the USA when booth countries competed to create missiles?
3. The first living creature to travel into space?
4. What do scientists think oceans on other planets might contain?
6. What was collected on the moon that is still being studied today?
8. What was the first successful satellite the USA launched into space?
10. What was the name of the program that tested technology for future flights to the moon?
12. Who was the first human to set foot on the moon?
14. What could be detected on the ground that proved Sputnik was really in orbit?
17. What have probes discovered under the surface ice on a moon of Jupiter?
18. What was the first human-made satellite launched into earth's orbit?
19. Who was the first American launched into space?
21. What was the name of the program that took astronauts to the Moon's surface?