O'Reilly's History Quiz
This Week in History: Up in Space
1. On May 5, 1961, the United States sent the first American into space. Who did it send?
2. The United States was engaged in a space race with which country?
3. What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?
4. Which president established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
5. What year did the first woman go into space?
6. What was the first planet, other than Earth, to be orbited by a spacecraft?
7. The first humans landed on the moon in 1969. What year did the first humans orbit the moon?
8. What Caltech institution was founded in 1943 to develop missiles for the U.S. Army and became to be a leader in space exploration technology?
9. Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
10. At the end of World War II the United States took what country's rocket scientists and brought them to work in New Mexico?



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