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![satellite](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16003109/b26582c7-2fe0-4263-879f-db86899d0298.jpeg)
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched on October 4th, 1957?
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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?
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![astronaut](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/28030820/astronaut.jpg)
Who became the first human to journey into outer space in 1961?
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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?
![Spaceship rocket visit space tourism](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/30192847/Spaceship-Rocket-Takes-Off-Into-Space.jpg)
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![Telstar 1 Satellite](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/17214141/Telstar-1-satellite.jpeg)
What telecommunications company helped launched the Telstar 1 satellite in 1962, leading to the first live television images between the USA and Europe?
![Telstar 1 Satellite](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/17214141/Telstar-1-satellite.jpeg)
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![astronaut orbiting earth](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/06210543/astronaut-orbiting-earth.jpg)
Which country became the third to send a person into space in 1978?
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![Astronaut On Moon Space](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/13190809/Astronaut-On-Moon-Space.jpg)
What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon in 1966?
![Astronaut On Moon Space](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/13190809/Astronaut-On-Moon-Space.jpg)
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The first Apollo mission was scheduled for February 21st, 1967, but never took place. What happened that led to the mission never occurring?
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![Neil Armstrong Michael Collins And Edwin Aldrin Jr In Spacesuits At Manned Spacecraft Center Photo By Time Life Pictures Nasa The Life Picture Collection Getty Images](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16002159/neil-armstrong-michael-collins-and-edwin-aldrin-jr-in-spacesuits-at-manned-spacecraft-center-photo-by-time-life-pictures_nasa_the-life-picture-collection_getty-images.jpg)
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon on July 20th, 1969. Who was the third member of their crew who did not walk on the Moon?
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In what year did the Soviet Union first put a cosmonaut on the Moon?
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![Soyuz 11](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16002417/1fm2B11xhkxhU61Zp5sA8Lg.jpeg)
What did the three-person crew of Soyuz 11 become the first people to do in space in 1971?
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![Mars](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/03173812/Mars.jpeg)
What country was the first to land an unmanned spacecraft on Mars in 1971?
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![Lightspeed Satellite Thales.original](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16002539/Lightspeed_satellite_-_thales.original.jpg)
A company from what country became the first to send a commercially operated domestic satellite into geostationary orbit in 1972?
![Lightspeed Satellite Thales.original](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16002539/Lightspeed_satellite_-_thales.original.jpg)
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![person walking on the moon](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/03181045/person-walking-on-the-moon.jpg)
When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?
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![20th Anniversary Of The Us Space Shuttle Challengers Explosion](https://cdn.quizly.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16002740/20th-anniversary-of-the-us-space-shuttle-challengers-explosion.jpg)
What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster take place?
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