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The first artificial object which humans were able to launch into space was a V-2 Rocket which what nation launched in 1944?
The United States of America
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
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What is the name of the famous Soviet creation which made history by becoming the first artificial satellite of the Earth?
Helios
EAGLE 1
Vostok
Sputnik
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What is the name of this scientist who made rockets for both Nazi Germany and the U.S.A.?
Wernher von Braun
Klive Kussler
Abraham Yushkel
Mikhail von Ghent
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Which of the following terms refers to the Russian equivalent of an American astronaut?
Akstronaunce
Cosmonaut
Heilonaut
Nihinaut
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What is the name of this Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to go into space?
Alexei Telemun
Yuri Gagarin
Irun Lesjner
Anthoni Bursk
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What was the name of the Soviet space project which successfully put the first man in space?
The Vostok Program
The Apollo Program
The Mercury Project
The Soyuz Project
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What is the name of this pooch which became the first ever animal to be launched into space when it entered cosmos aboard the Sputnik 2 in 1957?
Laika
Luna
Leila
Liera
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On March 18th, 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to do which of the following?
The first man to spend an entire year in space
The first man to orbit the Earth
The first man to perform a space walk
The first man to walk on the moon
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On February 3rd, 1966 what Soviet ship became the first craft to softly land on the moon?
Violtesta 11
Islos 3
Sputnik 4
Luna 9
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In what year was the space organization N.A.S.A. founded?
1954
1958
1963
1966
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The organization N.A.S.A. was created to replace what previous organization which handled American ventures into the air and space?
The National Atmospheric Defense Force
The American Aviation and Cosmic Exploration Committee
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The Association of Flight and Space Prototypes
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In 1959, the Soviet craft Luna 3 managed to capture the first-ever images of what astrological presence?
Halley's Comet
Venus
The far side of the moon
The sun
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What is the name of the Kazakhstan launch site where the Soviets launched both Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin's space flight?
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Yeltev Cosmodrome
Itella Fields Site
The O'zez'ni Cosmodrome
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What is the name of the American space project which ran from 1958 -1963 which first tested American measures to enter space?
Project Atmosphere
Project Sunrise
Project Stardust
Project Mercury
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What was the name of the Soviet organization responsible for their astrological aspirations during the space race?
Kosmicheskaya Progamma
Lunalistada Programma
Comsosoteche Programme
Tolsotfortun Programme
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What is the name of this astronaut who was the first American to enter outer space?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Bill Kiel
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What American President ordered the founding and structuring of N.A.S.A.?
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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In 1961, the Soviets launched Venera 1, which was the first interplanetary probe to explore what other planet?
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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President John F. Kennedy authorized the creation of what N.A.S.A. project in 1961 with the goal of bringing American astronauts to the moon?
The Venusua Program
The Apollo Program
The Eagle Program
The Luna 3 Program
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What is the name of this Soviet scientist called the father of practical aeronautics because of his work sending Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin into space?
Wernher von Braun
Peter Altosk
Sergei Korolev
Andrei Levonov
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What is the name of this famous astronaut who became the first American to orbit the Earth?
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
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What American space mission was able to put the first people on the moon?
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Apollo 15
Apollo 17
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What is the name of the first man to walk on the moon?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
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What is the name of the Soviet scientist whose work paved the theoretical path to space travel earning him the title "Father of Theoretical Aeronautics"?
Virgil Astovich
Andrei Potolev
Angelos Edsdy
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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What 1975 space mission was the first-ever joint space mission where the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.cooperated in the name of discovery?
The White House Kremlin Joint Measure
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
The Moscow-Washington Initiative
The Yeltsen-Kennedy Association
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What 1970 American space mission saw astronauts fight for survival after their moon landing failed so they could return to the Earth successfully?
Apollo 3
Apollo 9
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
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What is the name of this cosmonaut who, in 1963, became the first woman in space?
Andrea Maquesse
Alexa Leonov
Yuli Shaposhnikov
Valentina Tereshkova
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What person in the U.S. government appoints the head of N.A.S.A.?
The Vice President of the United States
The President of the United States
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
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In April 1971, what Soviet craft became the first ever operational space station?
Salyut 1
Stratos 2
Cosmos 3
Espos 4
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Many historians consider the space age to have ended after what 1986 American space shuttle exploded killing its entire crew?
The Olympian Shuttle
The Challenger Shuttle
The Discovery Shuttle
The Erudite Shuttle
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