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Peenemünde
The German rocket center was located in what city?
Sergei Korolev
Who was in charge of the Soviet rocket engineer team that went into Germany?
1938
What year was Sergei Korolev arrested?
1966
Sergei Korolev died in what year?
USSR's chief rocket and spacecraft engineer
After the war, Sergei Korolev was known under what title?
1948
What year was the R1 rocket born?
Robert H. Goddard
What professor began working on solid-fuel rockets since 1914?
1921
Liquid-fueled rockets were developed in what year?
New Mexico
The United States Army's White Sands Proving Ground is located where?
1945
Von Braun and his associates were sent to United States Army's White Sands Proving Ground in what year?
1949
The first two-stage rocket was developed in what year?
Huntsville, Alabama
The Army's new Redstone Arsenal is located in what city and state?
1950
What year was the German rocket team moved to Alabama?
1949
What year did the US lose its monopoly to the atomic bomb?
the hydrogen bomb
What type of bomb was first developed during the Cold War?
intercontinental strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles
ICBMs is an abbreviation for what?
Strategic Air Command
The SAC is an abbreviation for what US force?
1950s
During what decade, did a fear of communism oversweep the US?
27 million
How many casualties did the Soviet Union have during WWII?
1941
The Soviet Union was first invaded by Nazi controlled Germany in what year?
1949
Until what year, was the US the sole possessor of the atomic bomb?
1947
In what year did Stalin order the development of ICBMs?
air force
What type of military force did the US possess a much larger fleet than the Soviet Union?
Korolev
Who began developing the R-7 Semyorka rocket?
German G-4
R-7 Semyorka rocket resembled closely to what other missile?
August 21, 1957
When was the R-7 Semyorka rocket tested successfully?
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The first satellite launched into space used what rocket?
1945
The US Air Force began research of ICBMs in what year?
MX-774
What type of rocket was first researched by the Air Force?
1947
The MX-774 was tested in what year?
Cape Canaveral
The Air Force PGM-11 Redstone rocket family was tested where?
June 11, 1957
The Atlas-A first launched on what date?
James C. Hagerty
Who was president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary?
August 30, 1955
The starting date for the Space Race was which date?
September 20, 1956
A Jupiter-C was launched by Von Braum on what date?
Vanguard
The civilian rocket and satellite project in the US was called what?
December 6, 195
Project Vanguard launch failed on what date?
Florida
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is located in what state?
Jupiter-C rocket
in response to Project Vanguard's failed launch, what was the rocket the Soviet Union launched?
January 31, 1958
The first US satellite to launch without failure was on what date?
cosmic ray and radiation levels, the temperature in the spacecraft, and the frequency of collisions with micrometeorites
The Explorer gathered what 3 measurements?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the Senate's Majority Leader in 1958?
1958
The National Aeronautics and Space Act was established in what year?
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
What was NASA called before it became NASA?
April 2, 1958
The first US satellite was launched on what date?
July 1, 1960
The Redstone Arsenal became the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center when?
von Braun
Who was the first director in charge of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center?
4
How many attempts to the Moon did Luna E-1-class probes fail before successfully launching?
1959
The first probe to land on the Moon was in what year?
Luna 3
Which Luna probe successfully photographed the back side of the Moon?
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Ranger program from 1959 was managed by what organization?
Ranger 4
The first spacecraft to make it to the Moon was what?
Block III Ranger 7
The first Ranger mission that didn't fail was which one?
July 31, 1964
The Block III Ranger 7 mission successfully reached the moon on what date?
Luna
What program led to the establishment of the Ranger program?
the USSR
Which country succesfully launched the first person into space in 1961?
Vostok 1
The first ship to carry a human through space was called what?
108 minutes
How long did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
Cosmonautics Day
April 12, in the USSR, is what special day?
2011
What year was established as the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations?
US Air Force
Man in Space Soonest was a program by which organization?
Project Mercury
Man in Space Soonest was reestablished as what in November 26, 1958?
Alan Shepard
The first American to travel into space was whom?
May 5, 1961
When did Alan Shepard first arrive in space?
Freedom 7
The spaceship that carried Alan Shepard was named what?
Alan Shepard
The first person to have control over driving their spacecraft was whom?
John F. Kennedy
Which president awarded Alan Shepard the NASA Distinguished Service Medal?
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
President Kennedy sent a letter on April 20, 1961 to who about the US's space program?
May 25
The speech by Kennedy, "Special Message on Urgent National Needs" was delivered on what date?
Rice University Stadium
"We choose to go to the Moon" speech was given at what location in Texas?
John Glenn
The first American to orbit around the planet was whom?
February 20, 1962
When did John Glenn orbit the Earth?
Atlantic Ocean
Where did John Glenn land on Earth after coming back from orbit?
Friendship 7
John Glenn's spaceship was named what when he orbited the Earth?
3
How many more Mercury missions were there after John Glenn's?
Gherman Titov
What first person from the USSR controlled their own spacecraft?
August 6, 1961
Gherman Titov from the USSR drove his own spacecraft on what date?
Vostok 3 and Vostok 4
Radio communication was possible between which two spacecrafts in August 11 and 12, 1962?
Valentina Tereshkova
The first woman that went into space was whom?
Vostok 6
What spacecraft carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space?
June 16, 1963
The first woman to launch into space was on what date?
The USSR
The first woman to go into space was from which country?
July 1961 Tushino air show
At what event was the Vostok spaceship first displayed to the public ?
September 20, 1963
When did US President John F. Kennedy, in a speech, propose to join forces to reach the moon with the USSR?
November 22, 1963
President Kennedy was killed when?
assassination
How did US President Kennedy die?
Cape Canaveral and Apollo launch facilities
What two locations in Florida were renamed after Kennedy by President Johnson?
Gemini and Apollo
Which two space programs were heavily worked on by President Johnson?
1962
What year was the Gemini project confirmed?
2
How many people could the Gemini project carry?
October 12, 1964
On what date was the first successful three man astronaut crew?
Voskhod 1
The first flight in a spacecraft that allowed no suits to be worn inside was was?
1968
The US Apollo Command Module flew without spacesuits in what year?
January 14, 1966
Korolev died on what date?
March 18, 1965
The Voskhod 2 carrying two humans was launched on what date?
Alexey Leonov
Who was the first person to take a spacewalk?
Alexey Leonov
Which of two Voskhod 2's occupants was almost killed?
Apollo
Project Gemini helped recruit experienced people for which upcoming lunar missions?
Vladimir Chelomey
Who created the circumlunar program called Zond?
Soyuz 7K-L1
Which type of craft were two astronauts to fly in during Zond?