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