KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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first humans in space
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first moon probe launched
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happened same time
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neither happened
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Detailed explanation-1: -Major milestones. The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The first human to go into space, Yuri Gagarin, was launched, again by the Soviet Union, for a one-orbit journey around Earth on April 12, 1961.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27, 400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.
Detailed explanation-3: -1961. April 12-Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. May 5-Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. May 25-President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sputnik 1 was the first probe to go into space. It was launched on Oct. 4, 1957, by the former Soviet Union.