Statistics for Space Exploration Trivia

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Question	Answer	% Correct
How many planets are in the solar system?	8	100%
What was the name of the missions to put a man on the Moon?	Apollo	83%
What planet is the hottest in the solar system?	Venus	78%
Who was the first man on the Moon?	Neil Armstrong	74%
How many exploded?	2	61%
How many space shuttles were built?	6	61%
What is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way?	Andromeda	57%
Who was the first human in space?	Yuri Gagarin	57%
Name a dwarf planet (not Pluto)	Eris, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea	52%
Where does the Soyuz rocket launch from?	Kazakhstan	35%
What is the name of the rover that landed on Mars in 2012?	Curiosity	30%
What is the name of the region where most comets are thought to originate?	Oort Cloud	26%
What is the name of SpaceX's new space capsule?	Dragon Crew Capsule	22%
What was the first US space station called?	Skylab	22%
What is the Chinese equivalent of an astronaut?	Taikonaut	22%
What was the first object to land on the Moon?	Luna 2	17%
Who was the last man on the Moon?	Eugene Cernan	13%
What is the name of the lander that was sent to the asteroid Bennu?	OSIRIS-Rex	9%