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PEOPLE

100

Who was the first human to travel into space?

a) Neil Armstrong

b) Yuri Gagarin

c) Alan Shepard

d) John Glenn

b) Yuri Gagarin

200

Who was the first woman to travel into space?

a) Sally Ride

b) Valentina Tereshkova

c) Mae Jemison

d) Kalpana Chawla

b) Valentina Tereshkova

300

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

a) Neil Armstrong

b) Alan Shepard

c) John Glenn

d) Buzz Aldrin

a) Neil Armstrong

400

Who was the first person to perform a spacewalk?

a) Alexei Leonov

b) Edward White

c) Yuri Gagarin

d) Chris Hadfield

a) Alexei Leonov

YEARS

100

In which year did humans first land on the Moon?

a) 1967

b) 1969

c) 1971

d) 1973

b) 1969

200

The International Space Station (ISS) was launched in 1998. 

true 

false

true

300

What is the name of the telescope set to succeed Hubble, launched in 2021?

James Webb Space Telescope

400

In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit?
a) 1986
b) 1990
c) 1994
d) 1998

b) 1990

COUNTRIES

100

Which country launched the first successful interplanetary probe?

a) USA

b) Soviet Union

c) China

d) Japan

b) Soviet Union

200

Which country launched the Tiangong space station?

a) Russia

b) United States

c) China

d) India

c) China

300

Which country launched the first space station, Salyut 1, into orbit?
a) United States
b) Soviet Union
c) China
d) Japan

b) Soviet Union

400

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

EQUIPMENT

100

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

200

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

300

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

400

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth.

True

False

true

MISC.

100

Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth, was a dog. 

true

false

True

200

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

300

Which planet did the spacecraft Mariner 2 first successfully fly by in 1962?

a) Mars

b) Venus

c) Jupiter

d) Mercury

b) Venus

400

Which space agency operates the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Perseverance?

NASA