The Post Quiz: Who Won the Space Race?
Created | Updated Jan 22, 2017
Do you know this ancient rocket history, kids?
The Post Quiz: Who Won the Space Race?
If you're old (like the Editor), you remember the 'space race'. If you're young, you yawn when somebody raves about the first salad grown in orbit. But who won that race? Decide who accomplished each 'first': was it a US or Russian/Soviet achievement?
FIRST | Russian/Soviet | USA |
First 'rocket equation' | ||
First liquid fuel rocket | ||
First satellite | ||
First human in space | ||
First scientific discovery by spacecraft | ||
First artificial planet of the Sun | ||
First woman in space | ||
First humans on moon | ||
First spacecraft to pass Jupiter | ||
First international cooperative space flight |
Got your thoughts in orbit? Click the picture for the answers.