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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? |
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