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Who was the first human to travel into space?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Yuri Gagarin
c) Alan Shepard
d) John Glenn
b) Yuri Gagarin
In which year did humans first land on the Moon?
a) 1967
b) 1969
c) 1971
d) 1973
b) 1969
Which country launched the first successful interplanetary probe?
a) USA
b) Soviet Union
c) China
d) Japan
b) Soviet Union
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
a) Explorer 1
b) Sputnik 1
c) Vanguard 1
d) Luna 1
b) Sputnik 1
Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth, was a dog.
true
false
True
Who was the first woman to travel into space?
a) Sally Ride
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Mae Jemison
d) Kalpana Chawla
b) Valentina Tereshkova
The International Space Station (ISS) was launched in 1998.
true
false
true
Which country launched the Tiangong space station?
a) Russia
b) United States
c) China
d) India
c) China
What was the name of the spacecraft that carried the first humans to the Moon?
a) Gemini 8
b) Apollo 11
c) Soyuz 1
d) Challenger
b) Apollo 11
Which program aimed to develop reusable spacecraft for NASA?
a) Gemini Program
b) Apollo Program
c) Space Shuttle Program
d) Artemis Program
c) Space Shuttle Program
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Alan Shepard
c) John Glenn
d) Buzz Aldrin
a) Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the telescope set to succeed Hubble, launched in 2021?
James Webb Space Telescope
Which country launched the first space station, Salyut 1, into orbit?
a) United States
b) Soviet Union
c) China
d) Japan
b) Soviet Union
What was the name of the space shuttle that tragically broke apart during re-entry in 2003?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
b) Columbia
Which planet did the spacecraft Mariner 2 first successfully fly by in 1962?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Mercury
b) Venus
Who was the first person to perform a spacewalk?
a) Alexei Leonov
b) Edward White
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Chris Hadfield
a) Alexei Leonov
In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit?
a) 1986
b) 1990
c) 1994
d) 1998
b) 1990
Which country was the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon?
a) United States
b) Soviet Union
c) China
d) India
China
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth.
True
False
true
Which space agency operates the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Perseverance?
NASA