BIG QUIZ
All About the Moon Race
The last time we went to the moon, it was a scramble of national pride and cutting-edge engineering. Test your knowledge of this era in space exploration—and join the leaderboard to see where you stack up.
Today, the dividing line in space travel is private enterprise versus government sponsorship. But in the 1960s, two nations—the United States and the Soviet Union—put their reputations on the line to see which one could land a human traveler on the lunar surface. In this month’s Big Quiz, we test how much you remember about that era, when eyes of the world rested on the work of engineers.
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