Human Spaceflight QUIZ

By Tiffany Baker, Marco Chacon, Tal Yellin, Mark Oliver and Deblina Chakraborty, CNN How many people had journeyed beyond Earth orbit before this year? 24. As of January, only two dozen people — all Apollo astronauts — had traveled beyond Earth orbit. Astronauts traveling to space often wear patches bearing emblems that represent their specific missions. Below, match the patch to the mission it was made for. NASA’s Artemis II astronauts will soon set off on a historic trip around the moon. Match the astronaut to their role on the flight. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a cosmonaut for the former Soviet Union, traveled to space on June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6. She spent more than 70 hours in space and orbited Earth 48 times. Space tourism in recent years has involved private citizens riding on orbital or suborbital fights for personal projects or recreation. Who was the first space tourist? American millionaire Dennis Tito became the first “space tourist” in 2001, after he paid $20 million to ride on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station. Choose which 3 of the following 4 spacecraft are currently approved to carry humans to orbit and back again? VSS Unity i