the space race Flashcards
what was the space race
The space race was a competition
between the USA and the USSR for
status in the eyes of the world.
what was the space race disguised under
it was disguised under scientific exploration and experimentation.
a )in October 1957 who launched the first satellite into space
b) how fast it travel
c) for how long did it send signal back to earth
a ) Russia launched the first satellite into space
b ) it travelled at a speed of 29 000 km per hour
c ) it sent signals back to earth for 3
months.
a) In November 1957, what did the Russians send to space
b) what did this mission help scientists understand
a) they sent a space dog named Laika, (became the first animal to orbit the Earth).
b) this mission helped scientists
understand if people could survive
in space.
The Americans were shocked that
the Russians had beaten them in the space race
when did America launch their satellite
they launched their first satellite in January 1958.
who was Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
he was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into
outer space,
what was Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin capsule called and when did it finished its orbit
his capsule was called Vostok 1,
it completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April
1961.
what types missions did the Soviet Union have in space
they had both crewed and robotic space missions
what was the first human made object to touch the moon and which country sent it
It was the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 ,
on 13 September 1959.
Russia send it
who’s mission and what was the first crewed mission to land on the moon
the United States Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.
who was the americas first man to stepson the moon
Neil Armstrong
Rather then putting a man on the
moon, what did the USSR decided to concentrate on doing
the USSR decided to concentrate on orbital space stations.
when did the space race come to an end
in 1975
the superpowers decided to do a joint mission to make a space station
what was this joint mission called
The Apollo- Soyuz Test project.
