KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Which Mission was created to test man and equipment for longer duration’s in space and to rendezvous and dock two orbiting vehicles?
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Explorer 1
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Apollo
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Mercury
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Gemini
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Similar in design to the Mercury capsule but much larger, the new Gemini spacecraft was designed to carry two astronauts into Earth orbit to test long-duration flight, rendezvous and docking and other techniques needed for journeys to the moon.
Detailed explanation-2: -At 119 hours and six minutes into the flight, Gemini 5 became the longest crewed space mission, surpassing the mark set by Soviet cosmonaut Valeri I. Bykovski aboard Vostok 5 just two years earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gemini program consisted of a total of 19 launches, 2 initial uncrewed test missions, 7 target vehicles, and 10 crewed missions, each of which carried two astronauts to Earth orbit.
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