Human Spaceflight History

Question 1

He depicted his fictional character’s trip to the Moon in his novel “De la Terre a la Lune” (1865)

Answer 1

Jules Verne

Question 2

Wrote the “First Men on the Moon” (1905)

Answer 2

H.G. Wells

Question 3

Made the first balloon flight from Paris (1783)

Answer 3

Pilatre de Roziers & Marquis Arlandes

Question 4

Developed in the 1800s, which was an essential part in the development of powered aircraft

Answer 4

Glider

Question 5

Made the first successful powered flight.

Answer 5

Orville and Wilbur Wright (the Wright brothers)

Question 6

A project which utilized high-altitude balloons to observe cosmic rays and human flight at high altitudes

Answer 6

Project Man High

Question 7

Simulation of parachuting from high-flying aircraft or space capsules

Answer 7

Project Excelsior

Question 8

Soviet Chief Designer for the early Soviet space program

Answer 8

Sergei Korolev

Question 9

Launched on an refurbished intercontinental ballistic missile, became the very first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. (October 4, 1957)

Answer 9

Sputnik 1

Question 10

One of the events which led to the launch of Sputnik 1

Answer 10

International Geophysical Year

Question 11

Launched on the bigger Sputnik 2, what is the name of the dog who was launched with the spacecraft? (Nov 3 1957)

Answer 11

Laika

Question 12

A scientific spacecraft which was used to investigate the space environment near the Earth. (May 15, 1958)

Answer 12

Sputnik 3

Question 13

A set of sputnik spacecrafts which served as a test flight for future manned flights called Vostok

Answer 13

Korabl-Sputnik 1-5

Question 14

Decided on the specific requirements to be considered for the first orbital space missions

Answer 14

Sergei Korolev

Question 15

A cosmonaut training center located in the suburbs of Moscow

Answer 15

Star City

Question 16

Members of the Vanguard Six

Answer 16

Yuri Gagarin
Valerij Bykovskiy
Grigoriy Nelyubov
Andriyan Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Gherman Titov

Question 17

The first spacewalk to be done by a cosmonaut

Answer 17

Lt. Yuri Gagarin

Question 18

Youngest person to flown into space at the time, took the first pictures of Earth and did numerous things in space.

Answer 18

Gherman Titov

Question 19

The first woman to fly in space; replaced Grigoriy Nelyubov

Answer 19

Valentina Tereshkova

Question 20

USA’s first manned spaceflight program (1958 to 1960)

Answer 20

Project Mercury

Question 21

Members of the Mercury Seven

Answer 21

Walter Schirra
Alan Shepard
Donald Slayton
Virgil Grissom
John Glenn
Gordon Cooper
Scott Carpenter

Question 22

A program which followed after the Mercury program (A total of 12 missions)

Answer 22

Gemini Program

Question 23

17 missions, 5 of which were test flights, 1 failed, and the famous lunar landing mission occurred in this program

Answer 23

Apollo Program

Question 24

A space program that is aimed to go beyond the Moon

Answer 24

Artemis Program