Milestones in Human Space Exploration Quiz

Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union as the first artificial satellite in space.

New Horizons provided the first close-up images of Pluto during its 2015 mission.

NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit in 1990 for astronomical observations.

The first space shuttle orbiter launched by NASA is named Columbia.

The Hubble Space Telescope is designed to observe in the ultraviolet spectrum and was launched in 1990.

Humans first set foot on the Moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.

NASA launched the Mars Rover 'Curiosity' in 2011 for exploration on the Martian surface.

The International Space Station (ISS) was launched in the year 1998.

Scott Kelly holds the record for the longest continuous time spent in space by an American astronaut.

The first commercial spacecraft to transport astronauts to the International Space Station is named Dragon.

Surveyor 1 marked the first successful soft landing on the Moon.

Salyut 1 was the first space station launched into Earth's orbit.

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel into space.

Aryabhata was the first artificial satellite launched by India.

The Mars Science Laboratory mission successfully landed the first humans on the surface of Mars.

Alexei Leonov was the first person to perform a spacewalk.

Mars is known as the 'Red Planet' in our solar system.