Give yourself a break and learn about the important figures in the field of flight and space exploration in this educational solitaire game. Discover some space and flight pioneers who paved the way and learn while you play!
The deck was compiled with the help of biographers Who2. It features such remarkable figures as:
- Bessie Coleman, the first African-American to be licensed as a pilot
- Pete Conrad, commander of the Apollo 12 mission and the third man on the Moon
- Gene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission and the last man on the Moon
- Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world
- Alan Shepard, the first American in space
- Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space
- Alexei Leonov, the first spacewalker
Play the game to learn about more heroes of space and flight: click here to play.
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