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The largest planet in the solar system

Jupiter

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According to the news, it’s the biggest company in private spaceflight so far

SpaceX

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The name of the first man in space

Yuri Gagarin

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The name of the force which keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

Gravity

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A farmboy joins forces with various allies to save their galaxy from the evil Empire's planet-destroying battle station, while also rescuing the princess leading the rebellion against them

Star Wars

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This planet is closest to the sun

Mercury

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Last year two astronauts ended up spending 284 days on the International Space Station because of the problems with the shuttle which was supposed to take them back to Earth. It’s 35,5 times longer than the originally planned mission. How many days was the original mission supposed to take?  

8 days

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The name of the first artificial satellite

Sputnik-1

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Mars has a chemical called iron oxide in its soil that causes the surface to take on THIS COLOR appearance.

Red

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An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assumes him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue

The Martian

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This planet of the Solar System has a day which lasts eight months

Venus

300

In July 2025, NASA’s Perseverance Rover found particular patterns in the minerals of a rock, which scientists believe may indicate the former presence of simple life-forms on THIS PLANET.  

Mars

300

The first living creature to orbit the Earth

The dog, Laika

300

A group of stars which make up imaginary outline or pattern in the night sky

A constellation

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When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

 Interstellar

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This planet takes almost 30 Earth years to orbit the sun

Saturn

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In April 2025, this pop star went to space, on a flight with five other notable women

Katy Perry

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The first person to walk on the Moon

Neil Armstrong

400

A Russian government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space

Roscosmos

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After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

Alien

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The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System by size. The planet Jupiter is the second largest. Continuing this list, this is the eighth largest object in the Solar System

Mars

500

The comet 3I/ATLAS has been in the news frequently since its discovery in July. “ATLAS” refers to the ATLAS survey telescope that discovered it. The “3” in the name is because it is the third object discovered with a particular property.  What does the “I” stand for? 

Interstellar

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The first person to leave a spacecraft while it was in space.

Alexei Leonov

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This scientist developed a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Stephen Hawking

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Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

Gravity

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