Space Missions and Exploration
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Sputnik to Starship: the launches, landings, flybys, and telescopes that opened the solar system. Covers Apollo, the Voyagers, Mars rovers, Webb, and the missions flying right now.
- What was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth?
- Sputnik 1
- Which animal became the first living creature to orbit Earth?
- Laika, a dog aboard Sputnik 2
- What was the first successful United States satellite?
- Explorer 1
- Who was the first human in space?
- Yuri Gagarin
- Who was the first American in space?
- Alan Shepard
- Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
- John Glenn
- Who was the first woman in space?
- Valentina Tereshkova
- Who performed the first spacewalk?
- Alexei Leonov
- Who performed the first American spacewalk?
- Ed White
- Which mission achieved the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit?
- Gemini 8
- Which spacecraft made the first soft landing on the Moon?
- Luna 9
- What tragedy struck Apollo 1?
- A cabin fire during a launch rehearsal killed Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee
- Which mission first carried humans around the Moon?
- Apollo 8
- Which mission landed the first humans on the Moon?
- Apollo 11
- What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module?
- Eagle
- What happened on Apollo 13?
- An oxygen tank exploded on the way to the Moon and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat
- Which Apollo mission first used the lunar roving vehicle?
- Apollo 15
- Which was the last crewed mission to the Moon?
- Apollo 17
- How many people have walked on the Moon?
- Twelve, all on Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972
- Which spacecraft returned the first robotic samples from the Moon?
- Luna 16
- What was Lunokhod 1?
- The first remotely operated rover to work on another world
- Which was the first space station?
- Salyut 1
- What was Skylab?
- The first United States space station, occupied by three crews in 1973 and 1974
- What was the Apollo Soyuz Test Project?
- The first international crewed docking, joining an Apollo and a Soyuz in July 1975
- Which spacecraft first flew past Mars and returned close up photographs?
- Mariner 4
- Which spacecraft was the first to orbit another planet?
- Mariner 9
- Which mission first landed successfully on Mars and searched for life?
- Viking 1
- Which probe first survived a landing on Venus?
- Venera 7
- Which spacecraft returned the first photographs from the surface of Venus?
- Venera 9
- Which spacecraft made the first flyby of Jupiter?
- Pioneer 10