Leaving Cert History (The United States and the Wider World Flashcards) Flashcards on 3.3 Space Race and Moon Landing Preparation, created by samstevenson2014 on 25/04/2015.
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What did Nazis develop during the second world war?
What did Soviets and Americans compete to do in 1945?
Who did the US get?
Why did the US begin with rocket technology?
What else did they launch?
What was America's first ICBM called?
Who established NASA?
What does NASA stand for?
What happened in 1960?
Who became the first man in space in 1961?
What did Kennedy promise in 1961?
What did NASA need to find out before landing men on the moon?
What was the name of the programme that followed?
How many test flights were manned?
Who became the first American to orbit the earth in 1962?
What was the following project called?
How many flights?
What was designed to carry out the moon landing?
What was the most powerful rocket ever built that it used?
How many gallons of fuel?
How many stages was the process divided into?
Where did the astronauts live in the rocket?
What was to break away from Command Module and land?
What were it's two stages?
When did Apollo 8 leave?
How many men?
When did Apollo 10 leave
How many men?
