KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -2 It would be the Soviets, however, who would win the race to put a man in space. In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although conspiracy theories persist that the moon landing was a hoax, more than half a billion people watched the historic event, which was broadcast on television. This was a victory for the United States over the Soviet Union, whose own lunar program had made a number of failed attempts.

Detailed explanation-3: -It looked like the Soviet Union would win the race but the United States was able to pull ahead. On July 20, 1969, two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, landed a spacecraft on the Moon and walked on the Moon. The United States became the first – and only – country to have astronauts walk on the Moon.