Q 01/05
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Alan Shepard
C) John Glenn
D) German Titov
Answer · why
His single orbit aboard Vostok 1 was his only spaceflight.
Q 02/05
A) 24 hours
B) 108 minutes
C) 45 minutes
D) 6 hours
Answer · why
He later served as backup for the Soyuz 1 flight that killed his friend Vladimir Komarov.
Q 03/05
A) Svetlana Savitskaya
B) Mae Jemison
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) Sally Ride
Answer · why
She flew a solo mission on Vostok 6 in June 1963.
Q 04/05
A) John Glenn
B) Gus Grissom
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Alan Shepard
Answer · why
He named his Mercury capsule Freedom 7 and later hit golf balls on the Moon during Apollo 14.
Q 05/05
A) Sally Ride
B) Judith Resnik
C) Kathryn Sullivan
D) Christa McAuliffe
Answer · why
At 32 she was also the youngest American to fly, on the shuttle mission STS-7 in 1983.
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