Astronauts
This man first set foot on the moon, following the landing of Apollo 11. (July 20, 1969)
Who was Neil Armstrong?
He was the first man in space, completing 1 orbit in the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Which spacecraft flew NASA astronauts to/from space from 1981 to 2011, completing 135 flights
What was the Space Shuttle?
This space station is currently in orbit, and has been in orbit since 1998 with the aim of cooperation between nations
What is the International Space Station?
He was the first American in space, and also walked on the moon in 1971.
Who is Alan Shepherd?
He was the first man to complete a spacewalk, exiting his Voskhod 2 spacecraft for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.
Who is Alexei Leonov?
This spacecraft produced by Roscosmos has brought astronauts from around the world to/from space, and is a former Soviet rocket from 1970-1991.
What is the Soyuz?
This station came before the ISS, and was a Soviet/Russian station which hosted several US shuttle missions
What is MIR?
He was the first American to orbit the earth (February 20, 1962), and returned to space in 1998 aboard shuttle mission, STS-95, after a 36 year absence.
Who was John Glenn?
He was the backup for Yuri Gagarin, and was the third man in space.
Who is Gherman Titov?
This spacecraft, currently being produced by SpaceX, has done 2 crewed flights to the ISS (as of May 2021)
What is the Crew Dragon?
This was the first space station
What was Salyut-1?
She was the first American woman in space, abroad STS-7
She was the first woman in space, orbiting for 2 days in the Vostok 6 spacecraft
This spacecraft has carried 6 people to space, on 6 different flights, and was also the first manned spacecraft
What is Vostok?
This was the first American space station
What was Skylab?
He was the first American to do a spacewalk.
Who is Ed White?
She was the first woman to do a spacecraft, and second woman in space overall.
Who is Svetlana Savitskaya?
This spacecraft is notable for being the first space mission to carry more than 1 person, and for also being used for the first spacewalk
What is the Voskhod?
This was the Chinese station launched in 2021
What was The Tiangong Space Station?