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1. 01Which satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957, became the first human-made object to orbit Earth?
2. 02Laika, launched aboard Sputnik 2 in November 1957, was what kind of animal?
3. 03Who became the first human to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961?
4. 04Who became the first American in space with a suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7 in May 1961?
5. 05Who became the first American to orbit the Earth, in February 1962?
6. 06Who became the first woman in space, flying aboard Vostok 6 in 1963?
7. 07Which US president told Congress in 1961 that America should land a man on the Moon before the decade was out?
8. 08Once an Apollo mission cleared the launch tower, control passed to NASA's Mission Control Center in which city?
9. 09Which Apollo 11 astronaut stayed alone in lunar orbit while his two crewmates walked on the surface?
10. 10Which rocket, the most powerful successfully flown during the race, sent Apollo crews to the Moon?
11. 11Who performed the first spacewalk in history, floating outside Voskhod 2 in March 1965?
12. 12At which university did Kennedy declare in 1962, "We choose to go to the Moon"?
13. 13Which German-born engineer led the team that developed the Saturn V Moon rocket?
14. 14What nickname was given to NASA's first group of seven astronauts, chosen in 1959?
15. 15Which NASA program flew two-man crews to practice rendezvous and docking before Apollo?
16. 16Which Apollo mission was the first to carry astronauts around the Moon, over Christmas 1968?
17. 17What is the famous name of the Apollo 8 photograph showing Earth above the lunar horizon?
18. 18In 1959, which Soviet probe became the first human-made object to reach the Moon's surface?

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