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The United States sent their first man into space, Alan Shepard, in on May 5 of what year?
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1. The United States sent their first man into space, Alan Shepard, in on May 5 of what year?
1959
1961
1969
1972
1980
2. How many test pilots were invited to volunteer for the new space flight program in 1959?
10
50
75
110
300
3. Shepard and six others were selected for the elite program of astronauts, which was called what?
Mercury 7
Orion 7
Venus 7
Mars 7
Apollo 13
4. When Alan Shepard went to the moon in 1971, what sport did he play there?
Golf
Tennis
Baseball
Basketball
Squash
5. What year did the Wright Brothers pilot the first airplane?
1900
1910
1903
1920
1890
6. Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Red Baron
John Glenn
Orville Wright
Charles Lindberg
7. What was the first satellite launched into space?
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Spud
Sputnik
Laika
8. The first Wright airplane made it all the way to where?
Europe
Ohio
Moon
Marianas Trench
Cuba
9. John Glenn became the first American to do what on February 20, 1962?
Spacewalk
Orbit Earth
Shower in Space
Walk on the moon
Orbit moon
10. Who was the first person to survive Mach 1?
John Glenn
Sam Shepard
Bud Anderson
Bob Hoover
Chuck Yeager
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