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200

This 'atomic' process powers stars. Name it.

Nuclear Fusion

200

Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series has a distaste for our species , often referring to us as"disgusting ______ Based lifeforms

Carbon

200

Slow, floating objects were the bane of the triangle-shaped ship's existence in this 1979 Atari video game

Asteriods

200

Sputniks 5, 6, 9 & 10 also carried these animals into space, & most were recovered alive

Dogs

200

Voyager 2 flew by this giant in 1989, then headed on out into interstellar space

Neptune

400

The 2 main types of optical telescopes are reflectors & these, which use lenses to magnify objects

Refractors

400

The symbol for Mars is also the old symbol for this element, which lends Mars its characteristic colour

Iron

400

This aircraft was one of the largest ever built made to transport the Russian Buran class orbiters (the equivalent of US space shuttle), it was unfortunately demolished by Russian forces in the Ukranian War.

Antonov An-225

400

Although Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary scientific field that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, this term was previously used to describe the study of extraterrestrial life.

Xenobiology

400

In 2017 scientists recorded ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, which emerged when 2 of these collided

Black Holes

600

Also called a gravity assist, this maneuver uses the gravity of a celestial body to accelerate a spacecraft

A slingshot

600

The Moon has an isotope of this element embedded in its soil, which is a much wanted commodity back on earth for its role in nuclear fusion.

Helium

600

Term for the first stage of a rocket; it refers to the extra power needed during liftoff

Boosters

600

In 2015 astronauts aboard this tucked into some romaine lettuce, becoming NASA's first to eat space-grown veggies

The ISS

600

The 2 horns of this bovine sign of the zodiac are represented by the stars El Nath & Al Hecka

Taurus

800

China now has the world's largest one of these telescopes; it's basically a dish antenna a third of a mile across 

A Radio telescope

800

The Falcon 9 is 230 feet tall & weighs 1.2 million pounds, so its retractable landing legs have to be immensely strong; they're made of carbon fiber surrounding a honeycomb of this light but strong metal

Aluminium

800

In 2019 World Space Week commemorated the 50th anniversary of this major milestone

Moon Landing

800

These monkeys normally live in the tropics of the Americas, but in 1959, one rode into space and returned safely 

Squirrel Monkey

800

This spiral galaxy is named for an Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology

Andromeda Galaxy

1000

Gravity stretching time is one of the key effects explained by this theory by a Jewish Scientist

Einsteins Theory of Special relativity

1000

The first US astronaut in space- Alan Shepherd, was a product of this project which shares its name with an element.

Project Mercury

1000

This government facility abbreviated KSC is found on Cape Canaveral in Florida

Kennedy Space center

1000

This is an equation that estimates the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy:

The Drake Equation

1000

Undetected until the 1990s, this belt is a zone of space past 30 A.U. & home to objects like dwarf planets & icy centaurs

The Kuiper Belt