Space Vocabulary
What do you call somebody who travels into space for their job?
Which planet do we call home?
Earth
Which movie are these aliens from? https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/1/1f/Aliens_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20160602005155
Who was the first American to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the NASA telescope that launched in 1990?
The Hubble
What is the word for "the study of stars"?
Astronomy
Which planet is known for its rings?
Saturn
What is this alien's name? https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/ettheextraterrestrial/images/7/73/Et02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140531185531
E.T.
What was the name of the first manned space craft to land on the moon?
The Apollo 11
What is it called when the moon blocks only part of the sun?
Partial eclipse
Which galaxy do we live in?
The Milky Way
Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is this alien's name? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Yoda_Empire_Strikes_Back.png
Yoda
What year did the Hubble Space Telescope launch?
1990
What is it called when the moon completely blocks the sun, causing total darkness?
Total eclipse
What is the word for a region of space with such strong gravity that matter cannot escape it?
Black hole
Which former planet was reclassified because of its small size and different orbit?
What is this alien's name? https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/e/e9/Stitch_OfficialDisney.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160820061042
Stitch
In the early 1990s, a JPL mission created the first complete topographic map of any planet in our solar system. Which planet?
Venus
On which planet did astronauts recently discover biosignatures that could signal the former existence of life?
Mars
Which term refers to the death of a huge star?
Supernova
Which planet is known as the red planet?
Mars
Which movie are these aliens from? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/avatar_a.jpg?w=1440&h=810&crop=1
Avatar
About how long has the Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover been on Mars?
About 13 years
What was the name of the famous astrophysicist with ALS who dedicated his life to the research of blackholes?
Stephen Hawking