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The leader of USSR's space program until he died in 1966.
Who was Sergei Korelev?
100
The mission where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to walk on the moon?
What is Apollo 11?
100
One of these may be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What is an asteroid?
100
ISS.
What is the International Space Station?
100
The Earth's tilt as it revolves around the Sun.
What is the cause of the Seasons?
200

The first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957

What is Sputnik 1?
200

German born leader of rocketry and the early space program the United States.

Who was Wernher von Braun?

200
Also known as 'shooting stars' these space rocks burn up in the atmosphere.
What are meteors?
200
A telescope that uses mirrors.
What is a reflecting telescope?
200
Occurs when a location on the Earth falls in the shadow of the moon's penumbra.
What is a partial solar eclipse?
300
The first human to reach space and orbit the Earth once. He piloted the Vostok 1.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
300

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to accomplish this feat.

What is to orbit the Earth?
300
These spheres of ice and dust leave blue, vaporized trails in their wake as they near the sun.
What are comets?
300
Launched in 1990, NASA's most celebrated telescope captures images not hindered by the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
300
This occurs during 1st and 3rd quarter moons when there is least difference between high and low tide.
What is a neap tide?
400

The first human made object to hit the moon.

What is Luna 2?
400
These words were spoken by Neil Armstrong as he first walked on the moon.
What is 'Thats one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind'?
400
The most irregular orbit of the three.
What are comets?
400
Some telescopes utilize this frequency of light (below red) to map heat emissions from stars.
What is the infrared?
400
The greatest tidal range on Earth occurs here.
What is the Bay of Fundy?
500
The first living creature to be launched into Earth's orbit in Sputnik 2.
The dog, Laika
500
This pilot of the Lunar module during the Apollo 11 moon landing did not set foot on the moon.
Who is Michael Collins?
500

A theoretical sphere of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun to as far as somewhere between 50,000 and 200,000 AU (0.8 and 3.2 ly)

What is the Oort cloud?
500
NASA's latest space telescope to be launched next year.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
500

Brightening of the night sky caused by street lights and other man-made sources, which has a disruptive effect on natural cycles and inhibits the observation of stars and planets.

What is light pollution?