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Space Quiz

Test your knowledge of space exploration

1. Which of the following space missions made the first landing on Mars?

    Mars Pathfinder
    Viking 1
    Soyuz 29
    Apollo 14

2. Who among the following was the first visitor to space?

    Alan B. Shepard
    Yuri Gagarin
    John Glenn
    Laika the Dog

3. NASA astronauts will study the influence of space flight on human aging during which upcoming shuttle mission?

    Discovery
    Atlantis
    Challenger
    Endeavour

4. What was the name given by NASA to the first rock on Mars which the Sojourner Rover explored during the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission?

    Barnacle Bill
    Yogi
    Scooby Doo
    Boo-Boo

5. How long did Apollo 11 stay on the moon's surface during its historic 1969 mission?

    21.6 hours
    Two days
    5.8 hours
    30.9 minutes

6. Which astronaut holds the record for the most consecutive days spent in space?

    John Glenn
    Konstantin Titov
    Valeri Polyakov
    Neil Armstrong

7. Who was the first woman astronaut in space?

    Sally Ride
    Andrea Henley
    Lyudmila Kosmonovtka
    Valentina Tereshkova

8. Which of the following scientists is usually considered the father of the space age?

    Albert Einstein
    Carl Sagan
    Niels Bohr
    Wernher von Braun

9. When and on which space mission was the first untethered spacewalk successfully completed?

    1995; Mir
    1969; Apollo 11
    1984; Shuttle Challenger
    None of the above

10. When will the International Space Station, touted as the first "city in space," be launched?

    November 1998
    June 2030
    January 2001
    The International Space Station will never be launched