Planets
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
What was the first satellite launched into space by humans?
Sputnik 1
What do we call a rock from space that burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere?
A meteor
Who was the first person to travel into space?
Yuri Gagarin
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
What are stars mostly made of?
Hydrogen and Helium
Which mission was the first to land humans on the Moon?
Apollo 11
What is the term for the point in the sky directly above an observer?
Zenith
What was the name of the first American space shuttle to orbit the Earth?
Columbia
Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the name of the star that is the brightest in the night sky?
Sirius
What is the name of the rover that landed on Mars in 2021?
Perseverance
What do we call the event when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun's light?
A solar eclipse
Who was the first woman to fly in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
What is the name of the second planet from the Sun?
Venus
What type of star is our Sun classified as?
A G-type main-sequence star (G dwarf)
Which spacecraft was the first to visit all four outer planets?
Voyager 2
What is a supernova?
The explosion of a star
Which space agency is responsible for the Hubble Space Telescope?
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which planet is known for its prominent ring system?
Saturn
What do we call a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky?
A constellation
What is the name of the telescope that has provided detailed images of deep space since its launch in 1990?
Hubble Space Telescope
What do we call the bending of light around a massive object, which can make multiple images of the same astronomical object?
Gravitational lensing
What was the name of the mission that first took humans to the far side of the Moon?
Apollo 8