Can you name the following achievements in manned space exploration?

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Details of the missionSpacecraft or astronaut name
First man-made satellite to orbit the earth
First animal, a dog named Laika, sent into space aboard this Soviet craft
First US satellite
First satellite to orbit the moon
First spacecraft to carry a human into space
First human in space
General name for the first manned US single-passenger spacecraft
First US spacecraft to carry a human into space (suborbital)
First American in space
First manned US spacecraft to orbit the Earth
First American to orbit the Earth
First spacecraft to carry a woman into space
First woman in space
First spacecraft launch to feature a spacewalk
First man to spacewalk
General name for the first US twin-passenger spacecraft
First US spacecraft to feature a spacewalk
First American to spacewalk
First spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon
First US spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon
First manned spacecraft to crash and cause a fatality
First cosmonaut killled during spaceflight
General name for the first US three-passenger spacecraft, designed to go to the Moon
General name for the rocket that carried the first US three passenger spacecraft
First US spacecraft to fail and cause fatalities
First manned misson of a three-passenger spacecraft
First manned mission to orbit the Moon
Details of the missionSpacecraft or astronaut name
First manned mission to land on the Moon
First man to set foot on the Moon
Second man to set foot on the Moon
Pilot of the first manned mission to the Moon
First crisis in space in which astronauts managed to safely return to Earth
First space station launched
Second Soviet space mission to cause fatalities
First space mission to use a lunar rover
First US space station
First American spacecraft to dock with a Soviet spacecraft
First Soviet spacecraft to dock with an American spacecraft
First space shuttle designed for testing (never launched into orbit)
First reusable spacecraft launched (First US Space Shuttle)
Second US Space Shuttle
Third US Space Shuttle
First woman to walk in space
First US woman in space
First US woman to walk in space
Fourth US Space Shuttle
First Space Shuttle disaster
'Teacher in Space' killed in the first Space Shuttle disaster
Most recent Soviet space station
Fifth US Space Shuttle
Current space station, used by US and USSR
Second Space Shutlle disaster
First African-American astronaut in space
First female African-American astronaut in space
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Manned Space Exploration Quiz

  1. by DoctorJ
  • Created Mar 16, 2010 in Science
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