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• Space Exploration

Which mission first used a rover to explore the surface of an asteroid?

Answer

Hayabusa2

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• Space Exploration

Which spacecraft made the first successful landing on a comet nucleus in 2014?

Answer

Philae

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• Space Exploration

What was the name of the first spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid?

Answer

Hayabusa

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• Space Exploration

Which spacecraft became the first to visit Uranus during a 1986 flyby?

Answer

Voyager 2

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• Space Exploration

Which Mars lander first detected marsquakes?

Answer

InSight

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• Space Exploration

Which mission first demonstrated that a spacecraft could return safely from the Moon?

Answer

Zond 5

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• Space Exploration

Which astronaut was the first person to orbit Earth?

Answer

Yuri Gagarin

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• Space Exploration

Which Apollo mission was the first to carry astronauts to the Moon’s surface?

Answer

Apollo 11

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• Space Exploration

Which spacecraft was the first to reach interstellar space?

Answer

Voyager 1

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• Space Exploration

Which spacecraft made the first close-up images of a comet nucleus?

Answer

Giotto

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• Space Exploration

Which spacecraft was the first to land on Mars successfully?

Answer

Viking 1

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• Space Exploration

Which mission first returned samples from a comet?

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Stardust

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