Space Exploration Trivia Questions
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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
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