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What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched on October 4th, 1957?

• Skylab

• Sputnik I

• Sputnik V

• International Space Station

Between 1957 and 1961, 4 animals (3 dogs and 1 chimpanzee) were sent into space. Which of these space-traveling animals was the first to leave Earth?

• Strelka

• Belka

• Ham the Astrochimp

• Laika

Who became the first human to journey into outer space in 1961?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• Gherman Titov

• Virgil Grissom

Just weeks after Yuri Gagarin went to space, US astronaut Alan Shepherd completed the first ever pilot-controlled spaceflight. What was the official name of this mission?

• Freedom 7

• Apollo I

• The Alan Shepherd Project

• Sputnik II

What telecommunications company helped launched the Telstar 1 satellite in 1962, leading to the first live television images between the USA and Europe?

• T-Mobile

• Verizon

• AT&T

• Sprint

Which country became the third to send a person into space in 1978?

• Czechoslovakia

• Australia

• Canada

• Mexico

What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon in 1966?

• USA

• France

• China

• Soviet Union

In what year did the Soviet Union first put a cosmonaut on the Moon?

• 1971

• 1969

• 1970

• It never happened

What did the three-person crew of Soyuz 11 become the first people to do in space in 1971?

• Eat food grown in a spacecraft

• Stay for longer than a month

• Land on a meteor

• Die in space

What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on Mars in 1971?

• Soviet Union

• China

• USA

• France

A company from what country became the first to send a commercially operated domestic satellite into geostationary orbit in 1972?

• USA

• Soviet Union

• Canada

• Japan

When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?

• 2005

• 1984

• 1993

• 1972

What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster take place?

• 1989

• 1984

• 1986

• 1991