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

International Space Station
Sputnik I
Sputnik V
Skylab

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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?

Strelka
Ham the Astrochimp
Laika
Belka

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

Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom

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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?

The Alan Shepherd Project
Freedom 7
Sputnik II
Apollo I

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

AT&T
Sprint
T-Mobile
Verizon

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

Canada
Mexico
Australia
Czechoslovakia

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

China
Soviet Union
USA
France

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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?

The spacecraft was deemed unable to launch
The crew was killed due to a fire during a rehearsal launch
It was cancelled due to rising tensions with the Soviet Union
The project ran out of money

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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?

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

Michael Collins
Scott Carpenter
Deke Slayto
Dave Bowman

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

1970
1971
1969
It never happened

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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
Die in space
Land on a meteor
Stay for longer than a month

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

USA
China
France
Soviet Union

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

Canada
Japan
Soviet Union
USA

Awesome!

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When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?

2005
1984
1972
1993

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What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster take place?

20th Anniversary Of The Us Space Shuttle Challengers Explosion

1984
1991
1986
1989

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

The first Apollo mission was scheduled for February 21st, 1967, but never took place. What happened that led to the mission never occurring?

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?

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

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

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

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

When was the last time someone walked on the Moon?

What year did the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster take place?

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