GSI Quiz 3

• What happened in 1957?

  The first Satellite : Sputnik 1 ( Russia )
• What happened in 1961?


  The first man in space : Yuri Gagarin ( Russia )
• What happened in 1963?


  The first woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova ( Russia )
• What happened in 1965?


  The first spacewalker : Alexei Leonov ( Russia )
• What happened in 1969 : 


  The first man to walk on the moon : Neil Armstrong ( USA )
• What happened in 1970?


  The first Chinese satellite : Dongfanghong ( China )
• What are the two things that happened in 1971?

  1. The first spacecraft to land on Mars : Mars 3 ( Russia )
  2. The first space station: Salyut ( Russia )
• What happened in 1981?


  The first space shuttle : Columbia ( USA )
• What happened in 1999?


  The first Chinese unmanned spacecraft : Shenzhou-1 ( China )
• What happened in 2001?


  The first space tourist : Dennis Tito ( USA )
• What happened in 2003?


  The first Chinese man in space : Yang Liwei ( China )
• What happened in 2007?


  The first Chinese lunar orbiter : Chang’e-1 ( China )
• What happened in 2008?


  The first Chinese spacewalker : Zhai Zhigang ( China )
• What happened in 2011?


  The first Chinese space station : Tiangong-1 ( China )
• What happened in 2012?


  The first Chinese woman in space : Liu Yang ( China )
• What happened in 2019?


  The first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon : Chang’e-4 ( China )
• What happened in 2021?


  The first Chinese spacecraft on Mars : Tianwen-1 ( China )
• What happened in 2023?


  The first spacecraft to land on the south pole of the moon : Chandrayaan-3 ( India )
• How long has Project 921 been operating for?

  nearly 30 years
• Who was sent into space and by what for Preject 921?

  Yang Liwei , Shenzhou-5
• What are cargo spacecrafts named?

  Tianzhou
• What are Tianzhou?

  Cargo spacecrafts
• Which spacecraft has recently sent 3 astronauts to China‘s space station?

  Shenzhou-12
• What are lunar spacecrafts named? And what does lunar spacecrafts carries?

  Chang’e, lunar rovers ( named Yutu )
• What are Chang‘e?

  Lunar spacecrafts
• Which spacecraft is the first Chinese Martian orbiter?

  Tianwen-1
• What are Martian rovers?


  Zhurong
• What are Zhurong?

  Martian rovers
• What are three China‘s future plans for planetary exploration?

  1. Collecting samples on Mars
  2. Crewed missions in 2030s
  3. Mission to Jupiter
• What are 2 past missions for robotic moon missions?

  1. Mapped the moon
  2. Took samples from the Moon back to Earth
• What are the recently announced plan for robotic moon missions?

  Build an international moon base with Russia