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This country launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, in 1957.
- United States
- China
- Soviet Union
- Germany
This American astronaut became the first human to walk on the Moon in 1969.
- Neil Armstrong
- Buzz Aldrin
- John Glenn
- Alan Shepard
This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human to travel into outer space in 1961.
- Valentina Tereshkova
- Yuri Gagarin
- Alexei Leonov
- Gherman Titov
This U.S. space agency was created in 1958 to lead America's civilian space program.
- CIA
- Air Force Space Command
- SpaceX
- NASA
This Apollo mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon.
- Apollo 1
- Apollo 11
- Apollo 13
- Apollo 17
This was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into Earth orbit.
- Sputnik 1
- Explorer 1
- Vostok 1
- Luna 1
This astronaut was the second person to walk on the Moon, just minutes after the first.
- Michael Collins
- John Glenn
- Buzz Aldrin
- Pete Conrad
This U.S. President challenged America to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s.
- Dwight Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
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