As part of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the "space race" competition is one of the most interesting periods in human history. It was also the most wholesome and least violent aspect about the Cold War. In other areas of the conflict, armies were fighting over whether countries would be communist or capitalist, stockpiling nuclear weapons, and doing all sorts of dangerous things. With the space race, all they did was to try to see who had the best technology in space.
The Space Race was easily the most productive part of the conflict between the two adversaries as well. Much of what society learned about space exploration and the technology it developed during this time is still relevant to our world today. Whether you are a space enthusiast, or would like to learn more about the history of space travel, take this quiz, answer the questions as best as you can, and we will see how knowledgeable you are on this fascinating topic.
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If You Get 12 on This Quiz, You Are a Space Race Expert Questions
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched on October 4th, 1957?
Skylab
International Space Station
Sputnik V
Sputnik I
Between 1957 and 1961, 4 animals (3 dogs and 1 chimpanzee) were sent into space. Which of these space-traveling animals was the first to leave Earth?
Ham the Astrochimp
Belka
Laika
Strelka
Who became the first human to journey into outer space in 1961?
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
Gherman Titov
Yuri Gagarin
Just weeks after Yuri Gagarin went to space, US astronaut Alan Shepherd completed the first ever pilot-controlled spaceflight. What was the official name of this mission?
Freedom 7
Apollo I
The Alan Shepherd Project
Sputnik II
What telecommunications company helped launched the Telstar 1 satellite in 1962, leading to the first live television images between the USA and Europe?
AT&T
T-Mobile
Verizon
Sprint
Which country became the third to send a person into space in 1978?
Czechoslovakia
Australia
Canada
Mexico
What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon in 1966?
China
France
USA
Soviet Union
The first Apollo mission was scheduled for February 21st, 1967, but never took place. What happened that led to the mission never occurring?
It was cancelled due to rising tensions with the Soviet Union
The crew was killed due to a fire during a rehearsal launch
The project ran out of money
The spacecraft was deemed unable to launch
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon on July 20th, 1969. Who was the third member of their crew who did not walk on the Moon?
Michael Collins
Deke Slayto
Dave Bowman
Scott Carpenter
In what year did the Soviet Union first put a cosmonaut on the Moon?
1970
1969
It never happened
1971
What did the three-person crew of Soyuz 11 become the first people to do in space in 1971?
Stay for longer than a month
Eat food grown in a spacecraft
Die in space
Land on a meteor
What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on Mars in 1971?
France
China
Soviet Union
USA
A company from what country became the first to send a commercially operated domestic satellite into geostationary orbit in 1972?
Japan
Soviet Union
USA
Canada
When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?
1984
2005
1972
1993
What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster take place?
1986
1989
1984
1991
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