Daily Quiz | On Space Firsts

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What first was achieved on November 3, 1957?

Answer : The dog Laika, the first living creature, was launched into space by USSR

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What was the popular name of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), which in 1968 became the first space telescope?

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On August 25, 2012, which spacecraft travelled beyond the ‘heliosphere’ and became the first to reach interstellar space?

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What pioneering feat did South Africa’s Dennis Tito achieve when he went to space on a Soyuz TM-32 mission in 2001?

Answer : He became the first ‘Space tourist’

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Which moonwalker has the distinction of being in the first Space Shuttle mission in 1981?

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Venera 7 did the first soft landing on another planet in 1970. Which planet?