Astronauts | MCQs

Explanation

• Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud was the first Saudi Arab, Muslim.
• He was the first member of a royal family to travel into space.
• He was flying on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985 as a payload specialist.

Explanation

Alexei Leonov was the first human being to walk in space,

the man who would have been first on the moon had the Soviets beaten the Americans.

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First man who travelled in Space was Yuri Gagarin in 1961

First man who Walk in Space was Alexei Leonov in 1965

First man who Walk on Moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969

Explanation

Neil Alden Armstrong was died on August 25, 2012.

He was born on August 5, 1930.

Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA's Apollo 11 mission.

His famous words upon landing were, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Explanation

Chinese astronauts have set a new world record for the longest spacewalk, 9 hours.

Chinese astronauts who have booked space are 'Kae Juzhe' and 'song lingdog'.

They have done many improvements by doing a spacewalk on China's Tianggong Space Station. 

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Explanation

NASA and SpaceX launched Crew-9 mission on 28 Sep, 2024 from Florida, USA.

The mission has two people on board and two empty seats to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the international Space Station (ISS).

Additional Information

Both Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are American astronauts.

NASA is the space agency of the USA.

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Explanation

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has returned to Earth after a record 371 days in space.

During this time he made 5963 rounds around the earth.

Note: NASA is the space agency of the USA