World GK | First in Space General Knowledge | A Complete List

Static General Knowledge is very important for all competitive exams. Every aspirant should have some basic idea about these following static general knowledge questions.

FIRST IN SPACE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
First space shuttle launched	Columbia (April 1981)
First rocket to go near the Sun	Helios ‘B’
First spaceship landed on Mars	Viking – I (July 1976)
First unmanned mission on the moon	LUNA – 9
First van to carry man on the moon	Apollo – 11
First space lab in orbit	Skylab
First Radio Telescope Satellite launched into space	HALCA (Japan)
First artificial satellite launched in space	Sputnik – 1 (1957)
First living being sent in space	Laika (a dog)
First ever manned spacecraft	Vostok – I
First fourwheeled carriage without human being on moon	Lunokhod – I, USSR
First car into space	Tesla
First space rocket brought back to earth after orbiting the moon	Zond - 5
First spacecraft to flyby Mars	Mariner 4
First spacecraft to land successfully on Mars	Mars 3
First spacecraft to reach plant Jupiter	Pioneer 10
First spacecraft to flyby Mercury and Venus	Mariner 10

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