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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?	Neil Armstrong	100%
What manned U.S. space program put a man on the Moon?	Apollo	96%
What animal was Laika, the first animal to actually go into orbit in 1957?	Dog	96%
Who was the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth?	Yuri Gagarin	96%
Who was the pilot for the lunar module on the Apollo 11 and the second person to walk on the Moon?	Buzz Aldrin	93%
Who made the first telescopic observation of the night sky and discovered Jupiter's moons?	Galileo Galilei	93%
In what year did man land on the Moon?	1969	89%
What is the name of American space transportation services company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk?	SpaceX	89%
What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?	Hubble telescope	85%
Who made the famous statement "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?"	Neil Armstrong	85%
What was the first man-made satellite?	Sputnik	81%
Which country successfully landed its module at the lunar south pole in 2023?	India	78%
How many women walked on the Moon?	None	78%
What nationality was the first woman to have flown in space with a solo mission in 1963?	Russian	74%
What is the name of the U.S. spacecraft that visited Uranus in 1986?	Voyager 2	74%
How many astronauts walked on the Moon?	12	67%
What space shuttle disintegrated during reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard in 2003?	Columbia	67%
In which US state is Kennedy Space Center located?	Florida	67%
When was NASA established?	1958	63%
In which country is the Baikonur Cosmodrome located?	Kazakhstan	56%
What was the name of the spacecraft in which he orbited the Earth in 1961?	Vostok	44%
What was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet?	Columbia	41%
What is the name of the first rover that was sent to Mars in 1997?	Sojourner	41%
Which planet did Mariner 10 reach in 1974?	Mercury	30%
Which astronaut spent more time in space than anyone else?	Gennady Padalka	22%
Who was the first fee paying space tourist?	Dennis Tito	15%

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