General Awareness: Space Exploration Quiz

1. Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?

a) Neil Armstrong
b) Yuri Gagarin
c) Kerim Kerimov
d) Georgi Dobrovolski

The correct answer is b) Yuri Gagarin

2. In 2005, this famous Russian cosmonaut set a record for total time, spent in space.
   
a) Sergei Krikalev
b) Anatoly Solovyev
c) Valeriy Polyakov
d) Sergei Avdeyev

The correct answer is a) Sergei Krikalev

3. What is the name of the dog, that became the first earthling to enter orbit?

a) Belka
b) Lisichka
c) Rover
d) Laika

The correct answer is d) Laika

4. In April 28, 2001, this famous American multimillionaire became the first space tourist.

a) Charles Simonyi
b) Mark Shuttleworth
c) Dennis Tito
d) Gregory Olsen

The correct answer is c) Dennis Tito

5. Which Russian astronaut became the first person to be married in space, while he was on the International Space Station?

a) Yuri Gidzenko
b) Yuri Malenchenko
c) Sergei K. Krikalev
d) Vladimir Dezhurov

The correct answer is b) Yuri Malenchenko

6. The crew of which Apollo mission spent the longest time on the Lunar surface?    

a) Apollo 7
b) Apollo 17
c) Apollo 12
d) Apollo 9

The correct answer is b)  Apollo 17

7. Along with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, who was the third member of the Apollo 11 crew?

a) William Anders
b) James A. Lovell, Jr
c) Buzz Aldrin
d) Fred Haise

The correct answer is c) Buzz Aldrin

8. Who was the pilot of SpaceShipOne, the spaceplane that completed the first privately funded human spaceflight?    

a) Brian Binnie
b) Mike Melvill
c) Peter Siebold
d) Doug Shane

The correct answer is b) Mike Melvill

9. What was nationality of Vladimir Remek - the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States?    

a) Czechoslovak
b) Pole
c) Hungarian
d) Bulgarian

The correct answer is a) Czechoslovak

10. What was the name of the first monkey to go in outer space?    

a) Sam
b) Gordo
c) Bonny
d) Albert I

The correct answer is d) Albert I