Space Race Flashcards
Date the development
1
Q
USSR
First ICBM
A
August 1957
2
Q
USSR
Sputnik
A
October 1957
3
Q
USSR
Sputnik II & Laika
A
November 1957
4
Q
US
First US satellite
A
January 1958
5
Q
USSR
First impact with Moon
A
September 1959
6
Q
US
First successful spy satellite
A
July 1960
7
Q
USSR
First human in space (Yuri Gagarin)
A
April 1961
8
Q
USSR
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova)
A
June 1963
9
Q
USSR
First ‘space walk’
A
March 1965
10
Q
USSR
First ‘soft landing’ on Moon
A
February 1966
11
Q
US
First humans on the Moon
A
July 1969
12
Q
US
First human to dance on the Moon (Pete Conrad)
A
November 1969
13
Q
When was the last impressive feat in the space race for the USSR, to be followed by many US feats?
A
December 1971 - First soft Mars landing
14
Q
Space event evident of detente?
A
July 15 1975
First multinational human-crewed mission
(US and USSR)
15
Q
A
