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Space Exploration

What do you know about space missions and discoveries?
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1. Who made the first telescopic observation of the night sky and discovered Jupiter's moons?
Nicolaus Copernicus ✓
Isaac Newton ✓
Johannes Kepler ✓
Galileo Galilei ✓
2. When was NASA established?
1969 ✓
1958 ✓
1949 ✓
1973 ✓
3. In what year did man land on the Moon?
1959 ✓
1971 ✓
1961 ✓
1969 ✓
4. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
John Glenn ✓
Michael Collins ✓
Buzz Aldrin ✓
Neil Armstrong ✓
5. What manned U.S. space program put a man on the Moon?
Voyager ✓
Mercury ✓
Apollo ✓
Gemini ✓
6. How many astronauts walked on the Moon?
8 ✓
4 ✓
2 ✓
12 ✓
7. How many women walked on the Moon?
1 ✓
None ✓
2 ✓
4 ✓
8. Who was the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth?
Alan Shepard ✓
Yuri Gagarin ✓
Dennis Tito ✓
John Glenn ✓
9. What was the name of the spacecraft in which he orbited the Earth in 1961?
Vostok ✓
Gemini ✓
Soyuz ✓
Sputnik ✓
10. What animal was Laika, the first animal to actually go into orbit in 1957?
Cat ✓
Dog ✓
Mouse ✓
Monkey ✓
11. What nationality was the first woman to have flown in space with a solo mission in 1963?
American ✓
French ✓
Russian ✓
Chinese ✓
12. What was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet?
Discovery ✓
Atlantis ✓
Endeavour ✓
Columbia ✓
13. In which US state is Kennedy Space Center located?
Arizona ✓
Texas ✓
Florida ✓
California ✓
14. What is the name of the first rover that was sent to Mars in 1997?
Opportunity ✓
Sojourner ✓
Curiosity ✓
Spirit ✓
15. What space shuttle disintegrated during reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard in 2003?
Discovery ✓
Columbia ✓
Endeavour ✓
Atlantis ✓
16. What was the first man-made satellite?
Sputnik ✓
Voyager ✓
Telstar ✓
Apollo 8 ✓
17. What is the name of the U.S. spacecraft that visited Uranus in 1986?
Helios 1 ✓
Galileo ✓
Voyager 2 ✓
Magellan ✓
18. Which planet did Mariner 10 reach in 1974?
Venus ✓
Mercury ✓
Neptune ✓
Mars ✓
19. Which astronaut spent more time in space than anyone else?
Scott Kelly ✓
Alexei Leonov ✓
Fred Haise ✓
Gennady Padalka ✓
20. Who was the first fee paying space tourist?
Dennis Tito ✓
Alan Shepard ✓
Mark Shuttleworth ✓
Felix Baumgartner ✓
21. What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?
Gemini telescope ✓
Hubble telescope ✓
Apollo telescope ✓
Kepler telescope ✓
22. Who was the pilot for the lunar module on the Apollo 11 and the second person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong ✓
John Glenn ✓
Buzz Aldrin ✓
Gus Grissom ✓
23. Who made the famous statement "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?"
Buzz Aldrin ✓
Yuri Gagarin ✓
Neil Armstrong ✓
John Glenn ✓
24. In which country is the Baikonur Cosmodrome located?
Turkmenistan ✓
Russia ✓
Azerbaijan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
25. What is the name of American space transportation services company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk?
SpaceOne ✓
SpaceX ✓
SpaceMan ✓
SpaceY ✓
26. Which country successfully landed its module at the lunar south pole in 2023?
Germany ✓
Australia ✓
India ✓
Japan ✓
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