Space 115656

Space 115656 is a selection of 10 questions. Space 115656 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   Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space in 1991, but who was the second Brit in space, after first becoming a naturalized American citizen?
A   Michael Foale

2   Who was the first man to go into space twice?
A   Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom

3   What was the name of the Mercury spacecraft in which John Glenn orbited the Earth in 1962?
A   Friendship 7 (a three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission)

4   In November 2014, a European Space consortium succeeded in landing a vehicle on a comet after a 10 year journey. What was the name of the mission?
A   Rosetta

5   In 1981, which was the first Space Shuttle to be launched into orbit?
A   Columbia

6   To within one year either way, in which year was the last Space Shuttle flight?
A   July 8, 2011 (Atlantis – the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program)

7   Who made the first (ten minute) space walk in March, 1965?
A   Alexei Leonov (he exited the spacecraft during the “Voskhod 2” mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds on March 18, 1965)

8   In which South American country is Europe’s Spaceport, Kourou?
A   French Guiana (Guyane)

9   Which planet was discovered by German astronomer J. G. Galle in 1846?
A   Neptune

10   Which astronaut holds the record for the shortest space flight?
A   Alan Shepard (15 minutes 18 seconds in 1961)