Human spaceflight

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/human-spaceflight

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the first human to orbit earth?Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union, Vostok 1, April 12, 1961
2. What is the first lunar landing?Apollo 11 (USA), Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, July 20, 1969
3. Who was the first human to travel into space?Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel into space in 1961. He flew for 108 minutes aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1.
4. Why did the United States and the Soviet Union race to space?The United States and the Soviet Union raced to space during the Cold War. They wanted to show their technology and power, which made them build rockets and launch satellites faster.

Geopolitical Landscape: The influence of geography and politics on international relations and events.
Microgravity Research: Scientific experiments conducted in an environment with very weak gravitational forces.
In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU): Using local resources found on other celestial bodies for space missions.