Space 115655

Space 115655 is a selection of 10 questions. Space 115655 is the filename to differentiate it from other Themed Questions. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   What year saw the founding of the European Space Agency?
A   1975 (10 founding members: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain)

2   In which English county is the National Space Centre?
A   Leicestershire

3   For what was Apollo 11 space mission most famous?
A   Putting the first men on the Moon

4   Which spacecraft was the first to travel through the asteroid belt, and the first to take close-up pictures of the planet Jupiter?
A   Pioneer Ten (launched in 1972)

5   Launched in 1981, what was the name of the first space shuttle?
A   Columbia

6   Who was the first man in space?
A   Yuri Gagarin

7   In 1969, what became the first song to be sung in outer space?
A   Happy Birthday (sung by the Apollo 9 astronauts sang it for Chris Kraft, MSC Director of Flight Operations on March 8, 1969 – on 12 August 1962. “Jingle Bells” became the first song to be played in space using a musical instrument)

8   In which country is Russia’s Cosmodrome spaceport from where crewed spaceflights are launched?
A   Kazakhstan

9   In which year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched?
A   1990

10   What was the name of the dog that in 1957 became the first mammal in space?
A   Laika