The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth was:
A. Sputnik 1
B. Voyager 1
C. Apollo 11
D. Hubble Space Telescope
(Answer: A)
The Apollo 11 mission is famous for:
A. Landing the first humans on the Moon
B. Launching the first artificial satellite
C. Orbiting Jupiter
D. Exploring Mars
(Answer: A)
The Space Shuttle program was initiated by:
A. NASA
B. ESA
C. Roscosmos
D. JAXA
(Answer: A)
The first human to travel into space was:
A. Yuri Gagarin
B. Alan Shepard
C. Neil Armstrong
D. John Glenn
(Answer: A)
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in:
A. 1990
B. 1985
C. 2000
D. 1975
(Answer: A)
The Soviet Union’s space station program began with:
A. Mir
B. Skylab
C. ISS
D. Salyut
(Answer: D)
The first manned mission to the Moon was:
A. Apollo 11
B. Apollo 13
C. Apollo 8
D. Apollo 7
(Answer: A)
The Mars Rover Curiosity was launched in:
A. 2011
B. 2008
C. 2012
D. 2010
(Answer: A)
The first space probe to reach interstellar space was:
A. Voyager 1
B. Pioneer 10
C. New Horizons
D. Cassini
(Answer: A)
The first successful landing on Mars was achieved by:
A. Viking 1
B. Mars Pathfinder
C. Spirit
D. Opportunity
(Answer: A)
The international collaborative space station currently in orbit is:
A. International Space Station (ISS)
B. Mir
C. Skylab
D. Salyut
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to land on a comet was:
A. Rosetta
B. Voyager 2
C. Cassini
D. Juno
(Answer: A)
The Gemini program was designed to:
A. Develop spacewalk techniques and test space rendezvous
B. Land humans on the Moon
C. Explore Mars
D. Launch satellites
(Answer: A)
The first successful test flight of the Space Shuttle occurred in:
A. 1981
B. 1979
C. 1983
D. 1975
(Answer: A)
The first spacewalk (extravehicular activity) was conducted by:
A. Alexei Leonov
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Buzz Aldrin
D. Yuri Gagarin
(Answer: A)
The lunar module that landed on the Moon during Apollo 11 was called:
A. Eagle
B. Columbia
C. Orion
D. Liberty
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to fly past Pluto was:
A. New Horizons
B. Voyager 1
C. Cassini
D. Pioneer 10
(Answer: A)
The first space probe to visit the outer planets was:
A. Pioneer 10
B. Voyager 2
C. New Horizons
D. Cassini
(Answer: A)
The Soviet Union’s space program achieved the first human spaceflight with:
A. Vostok 1
B. Soyuz 1
C. Mir
D. Sputnik 1
(Answer: A)
The space agency known for the Chang’e lunar missions is:
A. CNSA
B. ESA
C. NASA
D. JAXA
(Answer: A)
The first successful soft landing on the Moon was achieved by:
A. Luna 9
B. Apollo 11
C. Viking 1
D. Mars Pathfinder
(Answer: A)
The first space probe to fly by Jupiter was:
A. Pioneer 10
B. Voyager 1
C. Galileo
D. Cassini
(Answer: A)
The U.S. space agency that developed the Saturn V rocket is:
A. NASA
B. ESA
C. Roscosmos
D. JAXA
(Answer: A)
The Mars exploration rover Opportunity operated until:
A. 2018
B. 2020
C. 2015
D. 2010
(Answer: A)
The first space mission to land on the far side of the Moon was conducted by:
A. Chang’e 4
B. Apollo 11
C. Luna 15
D. Vostok 6
(Answer: A)
The first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth was:
A. John Glenn
B. Alan Shepard
C. Neil Armstrong
D. Gus Grissom
(Answer: A)
The space agency known for the development of the Ariane rocket is:
A. ESA
B. NASA
C. Roscosmos
D. CNSA
(Answer: A)
The first successful Mars lander to send back images was:
A. Viking 1
B. Spirit
C. Opportunity
D. Phoenix
(Answer: A)
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided:
A. Detailed images of distant galaxies and nebulae
B. Images of the Moon
C. Data on Mars geology
D. Close-ups of the Sun
(Answer: A)
The Apollo 13 mission is famous for:
A. A critical in-flight emergency and safe return
B. The first Moon landing
C. The longest spaceflight
D. The first spacewalk
(Answer: A)
The spacecraft that made the first successful landing on Titan, Saturn’s moon, was:
A. Huygens
B. Cassini
C. Voyager 2
D. Pioneer 10
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to successfully orbit Mercury was:
A. MESSENGER
B. Mariner 10
C. Voyager 1
D. Pioneer 12
(Answer: A)
The first successful landing on Venus was achieved by:
A. Venera 7
B. Viking 1
C. Mariner 4
D. Apollo 11
(Answer: A)
The European Space Agency’s first successful space probe to Mars was:
A. Mars Express
B. Rosetta
C. ExoMars
D. Huygens
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Uranus was:
A. Voyager 2
B. Pioneer 10
C. Cassini
D. New Horizons
(Answer: A)
The first successful use of a space telescope was with:
A. Hubble Space Telescope
B. Chandra X-ray Observatory
C. Spitzer Space Telescope
D. James Webb Space Telescope
(Answer: A)
The spacecraft that carried the first humans to the Moon was:
A. Apollo 11
B. Apollo 15
C. Apollo 13
D. Apollo 7
(Answer: A)
The first probe to successfully enter the orbit of Neptune was:
A. Voyager 2
B. Cassini
C. Pioneer 10
D. New Horizons
(Answer: A)
The first mission to explore the surface of a comet was:
A. Rosetta
B. Voyager 1
C. Cassini
D. New Horizons
(Answer: A)
The first U.S. space station was:
A. Skylab
B. Mir
C. ISS
D. Salyut
(Answer: A)
The first successful interplanetary flyby was achieved by:
A. Mariner 2
B. Voyager 1
C. Pioneer 10
D. Cassini
(Answer: A)
The first successful landing of a spacecraft on an asteroid was achieved by:
A. Itokawa
B. Eros
C. Vesta
D. Ceres
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to study the Sun in detail was:
A. Parker Solar Probe
B. Helios 2
C. Voyager 2
D. Galileo
(Answer: A)
The space agency responsible for the Curiosity rover is:
A. NASA
B. ESA
C. Roscosmos
D. CNSA
(Answer: A)
The first successful soft landing on the Moon was achieved by:
A. Luna 9
B. Apollo 11
C. Chang’e 3
D. Mars Pathfinder
(Answer: A)
The first successful landing on the surface of Mars by a rover was achieved by:
A. Mars Pathfinder
B. Viking 1
C. Spirit
D. Opportunity
(Answer: A)
The spacecraft that conducted the first successful flyby of Pluto was:
A. New Horizons
B. Voyager 2
C. Pioneer 10
D. Cassini
(Answer: A)
The first spacecraft to achieve a successful landing on the far side of the Moon was:
A. Chang’e 4
B. Apollo 11
C. Luna 15
D. Vostok 6
(Answer: A)
The space agency that launched the first successful Mars rover, Curiosity, is:
A. NASA
B. ESA
C. Roscosmos
D. CNSA
(Answer: A)
The first successful mission to Saturn was:
A. Cassini
B. Voyager 1
C. Pioneer 10
D. New Horizons
(Answer: A)