Key milestones of the US-Soviet space race, in the order they happened.
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30 basic cards for Family trivia Space Exploration. Set 5 of 7 in Space Exploration. It opens with "What was Sputnik 1?" and "Which animal first orbited Earth, and on what mission?". More Game Night and Road Trips decks are listed below.
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- What was Sputnik 1?
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The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957- Which animal first orbited Earth, and on what mission?
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A dog on Sputnik 2 in 1957- What was Explorer 1?
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The first US satellite, launched in January 1958- Who was the first human in space?
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Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 in 1961- Who was the first American in space?
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Alan Shepard on Mercury-Redstone 3 in 1961- Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
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John Glenn on Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962- Who was the first woman in space?
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Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6 in 1963- Who performed the first spacewalk?
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Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2 in 1965- Who performed the first American spacewalk?
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Ed White on Gemini 4 in 1965- What was the first crewed Gemini mission?
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Gemini 3 in March 1965- Which two Gemini missions first achieved a spacecraft rendezvous?
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Gemini VI and VII in December 1965- What was the first crewed spacecraft docking?
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Gemini VIII with an Agena target vehicle in March 1966- What was Luna 9?
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The first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, a Soviet achievement in 1966- What was Surveyor 1?
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The first US spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon in June 1966- What was Luna 3?
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The first spacecraft to photograph the far side of the Moon in 1959
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