KIDS QUIZ
SPACE AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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edward H.white
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johnson M.wood
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rainey D.john
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk, when he ventured from his Voskhod spacecraft. The sortie was not without problems: Leonov’s spacesuit expanded in the vacuum of space so much that he was unable to squeeze back into the spacecraft.
Detailed explanation-2: -This video shows Edward White as he became the first American, and second person, to walk in space on June 3, 1965. He spent over 20 minutes outside his Gemini IV spacecraft, while James McDivitt photographed him through the hatch window.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reference Article: Brief biography of NASA astronaut Ed White. On June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to walk in space when he ventured outside the Gemini capsule into the vacuum of the cosmos.
Detailed explanation-4: -White II, in full Edward Higgins White II, (born Nov. 14, 1930, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.-died Jan. 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy, Fla.), first U.S. astronaut to walk in space. White graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1952 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.