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?

Galileo Galilei ✓

Nicolaus Copernicus ✓

Isaac Newton ✓

Johannes Kepler ✓

2. When was NASA established?

1969 ✓

1973 ✓

1949 ✓

1958 ✓

3. In what year did man land on the Moon?

1961 ✓

1959 ✓

1969 ✓

1971 ✓

4. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Neil Armstrong ✓

Michael Collins ✓

Buzz Aldrin ✓

John Glenn ✓

5. What manned U.S. space program put a man on the Moon?

Mercury ✓

Apollo ✓

Voyager ✓

Gemini ✓

6. How many astronauts walked on the Moon?

8 ✓

2 ✓

4 ✓

12 ✓

7. How many women walked on the Moon?

2 ✓

4 ✓

None ✓

1 ✓

8. Who was the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth?

John Glenn ✓

Dennis Tito ✓

Yuri Gagarin ✓

Alan Shepard ✓

9. What was the name of the spacecraft in which he orbited the Earth in 1961?

Soyuz ✓

Vostok ✓

Sputnik ✓

Gemini ✓

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?

French ✓

Chinese ✓

American ✓

Russian ✓

12. What was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet?

Endeavour ✓

Atlantis ✓

Columbia ✓

Discovery ✓

13. In which US state is Kennedy Space Center located?

Texas ✓

Arizona ✓

California ✓

Florida ✓

14. What is the name of the first rover that was sent to Mars in 1997?

Sojourner ✓

Spirit ✓

Curiosity ✓

Opportunity ✓

15. What space shuttle disintegrated during reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard in 2003?

Columbia ✓

Discovery ✓

Atlantis ✓

Endeavour ✓

16. What was the first man-made satellite?

Sputnik ✓

Apollo 8 ✓

Voyager ✓

Telstar ✓

17. What is the name of the U.S. spacecraft that visited Uranus in 1986?

Magellan ✓

Voyager 2 ✓

Helios 1 ✓

Galileo ✓

18. Which planet did Mariner 10 reach in 1974?

Mercury ✓

Neptune ✓

Mars ✓

Venus ✓

19. Which astronaut spent more time in space than anyone else?

Fred Haise ✓

Gennady Padalka ✓

Alexei Leonov ✓

Scott Kelly ✓

20. Who was the first fee paying space tourist?

Mark Shuttleworth ✓

Alan Shepard ✓

Felix Baumgartner ✓

Dennis Tito ✓

21. What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?

Apollo telescope ✓

Kepler telescope ✓

Hubble telescope ✓

Gemini telescope ✓

22. Who was the pilot for the lunar module on the Apollo 11 and the second person to walk on the Moon?

John Glenn ✓

Neil Armstrong ✓

Buzz Aldrin ✓

Gus Grissom ✓

23. Who made the famous statement "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?"

Neil Armstrong ✓

Yuri Gagarin ✓

Buzz Aldrin ✓

John Glenn ✓

24. In which country is the Baikonur Cosmodrome located?

Russia ✓

Kazakhstan ✓

Turkmenistan ✓

Azerbaijan ✓

25. What is the name of American space transportation services company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk?

SpaceX ✓

SpaceOne ✓

SpaceMan ✓

SpaceY ✓

26. Which country successfully landed its module at the lunar south pole in 2023?

Germany ✓

India ✓

Australia ✓

Japan ✓

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