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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
NASA has announced the first crewed flight by a _________ to the International Space Station (ISS).
A
SpaceX rocket
B
Russian Soyuz spacecraft
C
Chinese spacecraft
D
Japan rocket
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Expedition 1 was the first long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The three-person crew stayed aboard the station for 136 days, from November 2000 to March 2001. It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the station which continues as of January 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skylab, first U.S. space station, launched into Earth orbit on May 14, 1973. Three successive crews of visiting astronauts carried out investigations of the human body’s adaptation to the space environment, studied the Sun in unprecedented detail, and undertook pioneering Earth-resources observations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first crewed flight launched on May 30, 2020, and carried astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS. Dragon has a bell-shaped forward compartment that is pressurized and a cylindrical rear compartment called the trunk that is unpressurized.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crew Dragon flights Crew-1 was the first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in the Commercial Crew Program.

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