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*The first woman in space
Ans : Valentina Tereshkova (Russia, 1963)
*The first American space traveller
Ans : Alan Shepard
*The first American woman in space
Ans : Sally K Ride
*The oldest man in space
Ans : John Glenn (77 years) [He died on December 8, 2016)
*The first person to walk in space
Ans : Alexi Leonov (USSR, 1965)
*The first woman to walk in space
Ans : Svetlana Savitskaya
*The first Indian in space
Ans : Rakesh Sharma (1984 - Soyuz T11) (138th space traveller in the world)
*The space agency of America
Ans : NASA
*The year in which NASA was established
Ans : 1958
*The rocket launching station of NASA
Ans : Cape Canaveral
*The first satellite of America
Ans : Explorer -1
*The first space station in the world
Ans : Salyut -1 (Russia)
*The first space shuttle in the world
Ans : Coloumbia (USA)
*The first woman of Indian origin in space is
Ans : Kalpana Chawla (1997)
*“The whole universe Is my Native Land" words of
Ans : Kalpana Chawla
*Kalpana Chawla was killed In the space shuttle Columbia disaster on
Ans : 1st February 2003
*The first Indian satellite to study about weather
Ans : Metsat (2002)
*The Metsat was renamed as
Ans : Kalpana I
*The second woman of Indian origin in space is
Ans : Sunitha Williams
*The oldest woman to reach space
Ans : Peggy Whitson (56 years, NASA)
*First marathon in space was run by
Ans : Sunitha Williams
*Japan's communication satellite launched by space X
Ans : JCSAT 14
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*The woman who holds the record of maximum number of space walks (8)
Ans : Peggy Whitson (Peggy whitson breaks Sunitha Williams record of maximum number of space walks (7)
Space Travellers Known
*Astronaut-America
*Cosmonaut-Russia
*Taikonaut-China
*Spationaut-France
*Ankasavon-Malaysia
*Vyomanaut-India
*The largest space station in the world
Ans : International Space Station
*World's largest radio telescope
An s: FAST (Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope),China
*The space craft to launched to study on Pluto
Ans : New Horizons
*The robotic spacecraft of NASA to be launched in 2020 to perform in-orbit satellite servicing in low Earth orbit
An s: Restore L. Mission
LIST OF SPACE AGENCIES
Names Full Form Nation
*NASA -National Aeronautics and Space Administration-USA
*ROSCOSMOS -Russian Federal Space Agency-Russia
*ESA-European Space Agency -EU
*CNES -French Space Agency- France
*JAXA -Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency -Japan
*DLR -German Aerospace Centre -Germany
*ISRO-Indian Space Research Organization -India
*CNSA-China National Space Administration-China
*ASI-Italian Space Agency-Italy
*ISA-Iranian Space Agency-Iran
*UK -UK Space Agency - United Kingdom
*SUPARCO-Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission-Pakistan
