HISTORY OF SPACE TRAVEL ACTIVITY
To complete this 25 point activity, use your textbook, the internet, books, etc. to answer all of the
questions listed below. This assignment must be typed up neatly.
1. What was the first artificial spacecraft put into orbit around Earth? When did this occur?
2. What was the first spacecraft to land on another body (in this case, the Moon)? When did this occur?
3. Who was the first astronaut in space? When did this occur?
4. Who was the first US astronaut in space? When did this occur?
5. Who was the first US astronaut to orbit Earth? When did this occur?
6. Who was the first woman astronaut in space? When did this occur?
7. Who was the first astronaut to do a 'spacewalk'? When did this occur?
8. What was the first artifical spacecraft to land on the Moon? When did this occur?
9. When did the Apollo 1 tragedy occur? How many astronauts were killed?
10. When did the Soyuz 1 tragedy occur? How many cosmonauts were killed?
11. What was the first spacecraft to land on another planet (in this case, Venus)? When did this occur?
12. What was the first manned spacecraft to orbit another body (in this case, the Moon)? When did this occur?
13. What was the first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon? When did this occur? Who were the two
astronauts who first walked on the Moon?
14. What was the first U.S. spacecraft to land on another planet (in this case, Venus)? When did this occur?
15. What was the first 'space station' put into space? When did this occur?
16. When did the USSR Soyuz 11 accident occur? How many cosmonauts were killed?
17. What was the first US 'space station' put into space? When did this occur?
18. What was the first manned US shuttle mission? When did this occur?
19. Who was the first US woman astronaut in space? When did this occur?
20. When did the Challenger STS-51 tragedy occur? How many astronauts were killed?
21.When was the infamous Hubble Space Telescope launched?
22. Who is the oldest astronaut to travel in space? What was their age? When did this occur?
23. What is the unmanned spacecraft which has traveled farthest from Earth to date? When did this occur? How long has it been in space?
24. What is the first spacecraft to officially dock at the new International Space Station? When did this occur?
25. When did the Columbia STS-107 tragedy occur? How many astronauts were killed?