002 | MERCURY & GEMINI - humans in space
STOP 002 - Kloosterstraat - Peter the Great Monument
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What was an important difference between Mercury and Gemini?
Mercury flew to the Moon and Gemini to Mars
Mercury carried one astronaut and Gemini carried two
Mercury was uncrewed and Gemini was crewed
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Why was Gemini important to the later Apollo programme?
Astronauts practised longer flights, manoeuvres and connecting spacecraft
Gemini placed the first satellite into Earth orbit
Gemini built the first space station
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What striking similarity exists between Alan Shepard’s flight and today’s New Shepard?
Both spacecraft land on a runway
Both flights last several months
The capsules return to Earth under parachutes
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