Space 1
1. What sort of object was Shoemaker Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter in 1994?
A comet
2. The Borealis basin covers 40% of which planet?
Mars
3. What is the name of the first US space station that fell to earth in 1979?
Skylab
4. What is the name of the smallest constellation in the night sky?
Southern Cross
5. What is the name of the first Brit in Space, who appropriately worked for Mars at the time?
Helen Sharman
6. Which two planets in our solar system have no moons?
Mercury and Venus
7. Copernicus was the first person to observe that the planets moved around the sun but which country did he come from?
Poland
8. Hyperion and Rhea are two moons of which planet in our solar system?
Saturn
9. Which planet has 27 moons named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Pope?
Uranus
10. What was the name of Yuri Gagarin's Space Ship in which he orbited the earth in 1961?
Vostok 1
Space 2
1. What 2 bodily fluids did Space station astronauts start converting into drinking water in 2008?
Urine and sweat
2. Which galaxy is nearest to the Milky Way?
Andromeda
3. In 2004, the first private manned space flight took place, but what was the name of the spaceship?
Spaceship one
4. Which is the coldest planet in the Solar system?
Pluto
5. In the 19th Century, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli claimed to have discovered a network of what on the moon?
Canals
6. What was the number of the last Apollo Mission?
Apollo 17
7. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
8. What is the reverse of a cosmic black hole called?
White Hole
9. Which spacecraft, launched in 1977 has travelled the greatest distance from earth?
Voyager 1
10. What part of space was photographed for the first time in October 1959?
The dark side of the moon
Space 3
1. What is the common name for the cluster of seven stars called The Pleiades?
The Seven sisters
2. Which planet was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
Pluto
3. On which satellite would you find the King crater?
The moon
4. What is the name of the comet that was visible to the human eye for a record 18 months in 1997?
Hale Bopp
5. Ganymede is the largest known moon in our solar system. Which planet does it belong to?
Jupiter
6. The 2018 biographical drama film "First Man" stars Ryan Gosling as which famous American astronaut?
Neil Armstrong
7. What are the perseids and leonids?
Meteor showers
8. In 1957, which Russian beat NASA to become the first human to orbit the Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
9. Edwin who gave his name to which space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990?
Hubble
10. Which celestial object appears on the Bayeux Tapestry and will appear again in 2061?
Halley's comet
Space 4
1. What was the name of the first dog in space?
Laika
2. Which of the planets on their orbit of the sun passes closest to the earth?
Venus
3. What is the name of the spacecraft that made the first moon landing in 1969?
Apollo 11
4. Charon is the single main moon of which celestial object?
Pluto
5. What ancient word for a crown refers to the gaseous outer envelope of a sun or planet?
Corona
6. With which planet do you associate the Cassini Division?
Saturn
7. What was the name of the US Space Shuttle which crashed during take-off in 1986?
Challenger
8. In 2014, the Rosetta Mission successfully did what for the first time?
Land on a comet
9. How many Apollo missions resulted in successful moon landings?
6
10. Which planet has a year which is shorter than its day?
Venus
Space 5
1. Which object in space has a nucleus, a coma & a tail?
Comet
2. Which planet is named after the Greek god of commerce, eloquence and messages (amongst others)?
Mercury
3. Phobos and Deimos are the Moons of which planet?
Mars
4. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made up two of the three man Apollo 11 crew, who was the third member?
Michael Collins
5. What was the name of the craft that carried Laika the dog into space?
Sputnik 2
6. Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15
7. In 1986 the Giotto space probe was sent out to explore which body within the solar system?
Haley's comet
8. The first shuttle flight took place in 1977 but what was the shuttle’s name?
Enterprise
9. Where would you find the Bond crater?
Mars
10. What planet is William Herschel famous for discovering?
Uranus