Shoot For The Moon: Space Race Trivia Time! Which two Cold War superpowers were the primary participants in the Space Race, vying for supremacy in space exploration? United States and United Kingdom United States and Soviet Union United States and China United States and France None What was the name of the first artificial satellite ever launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957, marking the beginning of the Space Race? Sputnik 1 Apollo 11 Hubble Space Telescope Voyager 1 None In 1961, who became the first human to journey into space when he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1, a spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union? Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong John Glenn Alan Shepard None What U.S. space agency was responsible for the Apollo program, which successfully landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969? NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ESA (European Space Agency) CNSA (China National Space Administration) Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) None What was the name of the spaceflight that marked the end of the Space Race and symbolized the easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union? Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Skylab Gemini 7 Salyut 1 None Time's up Most Popular Most Popular