KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Skylab
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Pioneer 2
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Salyut 1
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Voyager 2
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Detailed explanation-1: -The program name Salyut (Russian: “Salute”) was chosen to honour cosmonaut Yury Gagarin’s historic first orbit of Earth in 1961. Salyut 1, launched April 19, 1971, was the world’s first space station.
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union placed into orbit Salyut, the world’s first space station. Designed for a 6-month on orbit operational lifetime, Salyut hosted the crew of Georgi T. Dobrovolski, Vladislav N.
Detailed explanation-3: -Salyut 1 (DOS-1) (Russian: -1) was the world’s first space station launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mir, Soviet/Russian modular space station, the core module (base block) of which was launched into Earth orbit by the U.S.S.R.