Space Exploration Trivia Questions
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In what year did Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon?
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1969
Which is the only known planet in our solar system that Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft have not visited yet, but are planning to investigate?
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pluto
Who became the first human to complete an orbit of Earth during a flight on April 12, 1961?
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yuri gagarin
Which country's Suisei and Sakigake spacecrafts met Halley's Comet in 1986?
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japan
Which planet did the USSR's Venera 3 space probe become the first to physically touch in March 1966?
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venus
Who was the first person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, at 10:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time?
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neil armstrong
As of 1989, following Voyager 2's trip to Neptune, which is the only known planet not visited by a spacecraft?
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pluto
On which celestial body were the U.S. Ranger spacecrafts intended to crash-land?
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moon
In 1959, which celestial body's far side was first photographed by the USSR's Luna 3?
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moon
On March 1, 1982, the USSR's Venera 13 probe landed on which planet and sent back the first color photos?
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venus
Which planet did the Viking 2 lander fail to detect any quakes on using its seismometer?
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mars
Which asteroid, named after the Greek god of love, was the Near spacecraft scheduled to orbit on Valentine's Day 2000?
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eros
In 1959, the Russian probes Luna 1 and Luna 2 had close encounters with which celestial body?
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moon
Which Apollo 11 astronaut currently lives on a dairy farm near Lebanon, Ohio?
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neil armstrong
Who was the first American woman in space who was also a nationally ranked tennis player as a teenager?
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sally ride
Who made the 'Giant Leap for Mankind' onto the moon on July 20, 1969?
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neil armstrong
In which planet did Percival Lowell propose in a 1908 book that the markings were irrigation canals?
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mars
Who was the astronaut that took the first 'small step for man' on the Moon on July 20, 1969?
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neil armstrong
What heavenly body did Ronald E. Evans orbit alone as the last man to do so?
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moon
Which planet had a camera in orbit in March 1999 that took a photo of a crater resembling a 'happy face'?
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mars
Which country has been identified by the World Almanac as having the highest number of successful space launches since 1957?
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soviet union
Which astronaut, who studied aeronautical engineering at the University of Colorado, is not known for woodworking?
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scott carpenter
Which planet in our solar system has not been visited by a JPL spacecraft?
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pluto
Which planet was the last to be encountered by Voyager 2 in August 1989?
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neptune
What type of minor planet did NASA's NEAR probe aim to rendezvous with in February 1996?
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asteroid
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission?
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neil armstrong
In 1975, which planet's surface was photographed for the first time by the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9?
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venus
Which country has a launch site located in the Negev Desert?
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israel
In August 1996, NASA announced that evidence from a meteorite suggested life might have existed on which planet?
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mars
To which neighboring planet does Sally imagine traveling, similar to the rover Sojourner, while at Space Camp?
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mars
What was the name of the enormous rocket that propelled the Apollo missions to the moon?
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saturn
In 1959, what celestial body had its 'far side' seen for the first time?
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moon
What craft did U.S. astronauts use to spend the longest time in space, approximately 2000 hours?
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skylab
Which Space Shuttle, named after a mythical lost land, has completed the fewest missions with just 2?
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atlantis
Which Middle Eastern country launched its first satellite in September 1988?
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israel
What was the code name of the lunar module that landed the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon?
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eagle
Which planet is the Cassini spacecraft, like the one en route to study Titan, focusing its mission on?
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saturn
On December 7, 1995, a probe from the Galileo spacecraft entered the atmosphere of which planet?
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jupiter
Which telescope's gyros were scheduled to be replaced by NASA in an emergency repair mission in October 1999?
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hubble space telescope
Which rocket, sharing its name with a planet, was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft?
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saturn
On which planet did the Magellan spacecraft discover lava flows over 100 miles long in 1990?
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venus
In January 1996, data from the Galileo probe revealed that which planet had less water than previously expected?
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jupiter
Who was the first man in space that died in 1968 while training for a Soyuz mission?
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yuri gagarin
Which planet was the Observer probe sent to study before it was lost in space in August 1993?
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mars
What sport did Alan Shepard introduce to the moon during the Apollo 14 mission?
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golf
Who became the first man to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, in a flight lasting 148 minutes?
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yuri gagarin
Which planet had the first Soviet spacecraft to land on it and transmit for 20 seconds, while the first U.S. spacecraft to land on it transmitted for 6 years?
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mars
Who became the first woman to fly into space on June 16, 1963, joining Valery Bykovsky who was launched two days earlier?
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valentina tereshkova
Who was the capsule communicator for Gemini 5 and 10 before becoming the second person to walk on the moon?
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aldrin
On which planet did the Magellan probe find a channel longer than the Nile in August 1991?
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venus
For which object did NOVA: Mission Control play the song 'I Can See Clearly Now' when astronauts completed its repair?
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hubble space telescope
Which planet was the last to be visited by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in August 1989?
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neptune
In January 1999, the spacecraft called 'NEAR' was scheduled to go into orbit around Eros, which is an example of what type of celestial object?
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asteroid
Who made 48 orbits of the Earth in the Vostok 6 space capsule in June 1963?
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valentina tereshkova
What planet did the USSR's Phobos 2 craft lose contact before landing on its moon Phobos?
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mars
In 1976, the Viking I lander discovered an atmosphere comprised of 95% carbon dioxide on which planet?
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mars
Who was the first person to travel into space aboard Vostok I?
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yuri gagarin
Who was the first woman to travel in space and was named a hero of the Soviet Union?
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valentina tereshkova
In 1997, which planet did Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, complete its study of before being retired?
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jupiter
Which planet, in 1966, became the first to be touched by a man-made object?
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venus
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