Human spaceflight quiz: How well do you know our journey into space?

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Test your knowledge of humanity's major space-faring milestones and the incredible astronauts who accomplished them.

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How much do you know about our spaceflight history? (Image credit: Alones Creative/Getty Images)

For more than 60 years, humanity has been pushing the limits of ingenuity, engineering and imagination by launching people into space — and keeping them safe in the "final frontier" for prolonged periods.

During this time, we have hit major milestones, such as landing on the moon, and seen incredible individuals set some mind-blowing records. And in recent years, the advent of private space companies, like SpaceX and Blue Origin, have opened up space to a whole new group of explorers and set us on a course to venture deeper out into the solar system.

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Harry Baker
Harry Baker
Senior Staff Writer

Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior and paleontology. His recent work on the solar maximum won "best space submission" at the 2024 Aerospace Media Awards and was shortlisted in the "top scoop" category at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence in 2023. He also writes Live Science's weekly Earth from space series.

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