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Spacecraft involved in extravehicular activity
- Apollo 12Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in its first minute. Every warning light lit up.
- Apollo 15Apollo 15 astronauts dropped a hammer and a falcon feather on the Moon. Both hit the ground together.
- Apollo 17Apollo 17's orange moon soil thrilled scientists who thought it was a volcano.
- Apollo 14Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the Moon. He had smuggled a six iron club head aboard.
- Apollo 16Apollo 16 went to the Moon to find volcanic rock and found none. Scientists had been sure the highlands were volcanic.
- Apollo 9An Apollo 9 crew choice quietly decided who walked on the Moon first. Commander James McDivitt turned down lunar orbit.
- Voskhod 2Alexei Leonov's spacesuit swelled in space so much that he could not fit back inside.
- International Space StationPeople have lived aboard the International Space Station without a break since 2 November 2000.
- MirIn 1997 a cargo ship crashed into the space station Mir and punctured a module. The crew sealed its hatch.
- SkylabSkylab, America's first space station, was built from a leftover Moon rocket stage.