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Which country launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, in 1957? | 100%/1 |
Who became the first human to travel into space, in 1961? | 100%/1 |
Which 1969 mission first landed astronauts on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
Which U.S. agency was established in 1958 to lead the American space program? | 0%/1 |
Who became the first American in space, on a 1961 suborbital flight? | 100%/1 |
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth, in 1962? | 100%/1 |
Who became the first woman in space, in 1963? | 100%/1 |
Who performed the first spacewalk, in 1965? | 100%/1 |
Which dog became the first animal to orbit the Earth, aboard Sputnik 2? | 100%/1 |
Which NASA program of two-astronaut flights bridged the gap between Mercury and Apollo? | 100%/1 |
Which 1970 mission survived an oxygen-tank explosion to return its crew safely? | 100%/1 |
Who was the second person to walk on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
Which U.S. president set the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the decade was out? | 100%/1 |
Which spacecraft carried Yuri Gagarin on humanity's first spaceflight? | 100%/1 |
Which secretive "chief designer" masterminded the early Soviet space triumphs? | 100%/1 |
Which giant rocket launched the Apollo missions toward the Moon? | 100%/1 |
Which Soviet probe achieved the first soft landing on the Moon in 1966? | 100%/1 |
Which was the last crewed mission to land on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
How many Apollo missions successfully landed astronauts on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
Which Apollo 11 astronaut remained in lunar orbit while his crewmates walked on the surface? | 100%/1 |
Which German-born engineer designed the Saturn V and led much of NASA's rocketry? | 100%/1 |
Which Soviet probe first reached the Moon's surface, impacting it in 1959? | 100%/1 |
Which 1959 Soviet probe returned the first photographs of the Moon's far side? | 100%/1 |
The tragic 1967 Apollo 1 fire killed its three-astronaut crew during what kind of test? | 100%/1 |
Which 1975 mission saw American and Soviet spacecraft dock together, easing the space rivalry? | 100%/1 |
Which cosmonaut tragically died when his Soyuz 1 capsule's parachute failed in 1967? | 100%/1 |
Which 1968 mission first carried humans around the Moon, famously reading from Genesis on Christmas Eve? | 100%/1 |
Which American space station, launched in 1973, was the first crewed U.S. orbital outpost? | 100%/1 |
Which Soviet cosmonaut was the second human in space, orbiting the Earth in 1961? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the first U.S. human spaceflight program? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the U.S. program responsible for the Moon landings? | 100%/1 |
What is the Soviet and Russian term for a space traveler? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the first U.S. satellite, launched in 1958 in response to Sputnik? | 100%/1 |
The phrase "Houston, we have a problem" refers to NASA's mission control center in which U.S. state? | 100%/1 |
The original group of seven U.S. astronauts were known by what collective nickname? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module that landed on the Moon? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the Apollo 11 Command Module that remained in lunar orbit? | 100%/1 |
Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk? | 100%/1 |
What object did the Apollo 11 astronauts famously plant on the Moon's surface? | 100%/1 |
Which U.S. state is home to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the Soviet program that launched the first human into space? | 100%/1 |
Who was the U.S. president at the time of the first Moon landing in 1969? | 100%/1 |
The first space mission to carry a multi-person crew was which Soviet flight? | 100%/1 |
The first time two crewed spacecraft rendezvoused in orbit involved which pair of NASA missions? | 100%/1 |
The first docking of two spacecraft in orbit was achieved during which NASA mission? | 100%/1 |
The first U.S. probe to successfully fly by another planet was Mariner 2, which visited...? | 100%/1 |
The first probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data was the Soviet Venera 7, which landed on...? | 100%/1 |
The Lunar Roving Vehicle, or "Moon buggy," was first used on which mission? | 100%/1 |
Who was the influential NASA flight director who led Mission Control during the Apollo 11 and 13 missions? | 100%/1 |
The failed Soviet rocket designed to compete with the Saturn V for the Moon race was called the...? | 100%/1 |
The first living beings to circle the Moon and return safely to Earth were tortoises, aboard which 1968 Soviet mission? | 100%/1 |
What was the name of the first U.S. spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, in 1966? | 100%/1 |
During the Apollo 14 mission, astronaut Alan Shepard famously did what on the lunar surface? | 100%/1 |
The three astronauts of the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission were Gus Grissom, Ed White, and who else? | 100%/1 |
The "Little Joe II" rocket was used by NASA for what purpose during the Apollo program? | 100%/1 |
During the Gemini 8 mission, Neil Armstrong had to abort early after a stuck thruster caused a dangerous...? | 100%/1 |
The Soviet Luna 1 probe was the first spacecraft to fly past the Moon, but what was its original intended mission? | 100%/1 |
The Apollo Guidance Computer software was largely written by a team led by which pioneering computer scientist? | 100%/1 |
Who was the commander of the Voskhod 2 mission, during which Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk? | 100%/1 |
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