1) In May of 1961 became the first American in space a) John Glenn b) Alan Shepard c) Yuri Gagarin 2) The U.S. space program aimed at sending American’s to the moon a) Mercury b) Space Shuttle c) Apollo 3) A person trained and certified by USA’s NASA to work in space. a) cosmonaut b) controller c) astronaut 4) The political conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States a) Cold War b) WW1 c) WW2 5) A person trained and certified by the Russian Space Agency to work in space. a) astronaut b) cosmonaut c) Mission Control 6) The first US astronaut to orbit Earth in 1962. a) Wernher von Braun b) John Glenn c) Elon Musk 7) A rapidly spinning multi-axis caged vehicle to mimic tumbling through space. a) gyroscope b) merry-go-round c) Lunar Lander 8) 1st group of US astronauts. a) Fabulous 5 b) The Turtles c) Mercury 7 9) US government organization founded in 1958 that does research into space and organizes space travel. a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration b) The National Defense Education Act c) Advanced Research Projects Agency 10) First American astronaut to set foot on the moon in 1969. a) Neil Armstrong b) Shane Kimbrough c) Valentina Tereshkova 11) The President of the United States who fully funded NASA and promised the American people we would put the first man on the moon. a) President Richard Nixon b) President John F. Kennedy c) President George Washingtom 12) Used in training, this jet-like aircraft provides 25 seconds of zero-gravity; "vomit comet". a) rocket b) Lunar Lander c) reduced-gravity aircraft 13) An electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. a) satellite b) rocket c) gyroscope 14) A time period between 1957 and 1969 where the United States and the Soviet Union competed to be the 1st nation to land on the moon. a) Fast Race b) Space Race c) Indianapolis 500 15) First artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. a) Sputnik 2 b) Explorer 1 c) Sputnik 1 16) The US act that reformed education and led to the launch of STEM education. a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration b) The National Defense Education Act c) Advanced Research Projects Agency 17) Early astronauts had to be no taller than 5’ 11”, weigh less than 180 pounds, and be under age a) 20 b) 40 c) 65 18) Of the 508 jet pilots that applied, only __ were selected for the Mercury mission a) 7 b) 2 c) 21 19) Students in the Soviet Union attended school __ days per week. a) 7 b) 6 c) 3 20) Sputnik 2 carried a __ into orbit and safely back to Earth. a) dog b) chimp c) squirrel

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