List of crewed spacecraft

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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

https://smallwhale.org/articles/list-of-crewed-spacecraft

1. What is the total number of crewed spacecraft types flown?
2. What is the nations with crewed spacecraft programs?
3. How many different types of crewed spacecraft have carried humans into space?
4. Which countries have used crewed spacecraft?

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 total number of crewed spacecraft types flown?13
2. What is the nations with crewed spacecraft programs?United States, Russia, and China
3. How many different types of crewed spacecraft have carried humans into space?Thirteen distinct types of spacecraft have taken humans above 80 kilometers into space.
4. Which countries have used crewed spacecraft?Only the United States, Russia (and the former Soviet Union), and China have used crewed spacecraft.

Spacecraft Human-Rating: A rigorous certification process ensuring a spacecraft's absolute safety and reliability for carrying human crews.
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI): An international non-governmental and non-profit organization that governs world aeronautical and astronautical records.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO): The region of space around Earth with an altitude between 160 km and 2,000 km, where many satellites and space stations orbit.