Manned Space Exploration

I was one of the first men to walk on the moon.

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Jim Lovell

• Ken Mattingly

This was the first U.S. space station.

• Skylab

• Salyut 1

• Mir

• Aurora 1

The greatest challenge to human space flight is probably ___________.

• surviving in a microgravity environment

• building airtight capsules

• returning astronauts safely to earth

• launching capsules into orbit

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He was the first American to orbit the earth.

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Eileen Collins

• John Glenn

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Who became the first American astronaut to journey into outer space traveling aboard Freedom 7 in May of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

The ________ was the first human spaceflight program of the United States to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely.

• Project Mercury

• Project Apollo

First American to orbit Earth?

• Alan B. Shepherd

• John Glenn

• Buzz Lightyear

• Neil Armstrong

• Lance Armstrong

Phase 2 of getting to the Moon. Orbited teams of 2 astronauts

• Project Gemini

• Project Moon

• Project Apollo

• Project Mercury

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