Space Exploration Quiz

Try out this Space Exploration quiz to test your knowledge. Space Exploration trivia spans the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the Apollo Moon landings, space shuttle missions, and the robotic probes now exploring the solar system and beyond.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which mission, not Luna 2 or Luna 9, is credited with returning humanity’s first photographs of the Moon’s far side in 1959?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Valentina Tereshkova reached space aboard which specific mission in 1963?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Alexei Leonov’s history-making first spacewalk occurred during what mission?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the spacecraft that pulled off the first soft landing on the Moon in 1966.?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Which mission became the first successful U.S. soft landing on the Moon?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
In 1970, which robotic lunar mission returned samples from the Moon to Earth?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What spacecraft became the first ever to orbit another planet when it entered Mars orbit in 1971?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which mission made the first successful U.S. landing on Mars in 1976?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
The Soviet Union’s final mission to return samples from the Moon, flown in 1976, was which one?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
During the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which Soyuz mission docked with Apollo?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Which orbital outpost became the world’s first space station in 1971?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Which probe made a 1986 flyby of Halley’s Comet?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
After arriving at Venus in 1990, which spacecraft mapped the planet using radar?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which astronaut took the second walk on the Moon?

Which mission, not Luna 2 or Luna 9, is credited with returning humanity’s first photographs of the Moon’s far side in 1959?

Valentina Tereshkova reached space aboard which specific mission in 1963?

Alexei Leonov’s history-making first spacewalk occurred during what mission?

Name the spacecraft that pulled off the first soft landing on the Moon in 1966.?

Which mission became the first successful U.S. soft landing on the Moon?

In 1970, which robotic lunar mission returned samples from the Moon to Earth?

What spacecraft became the first ever to orbit another planet when it entered Mars orbit in 1971?

Which mission made the first successful U.S. landing on Mars in 1976?

The Soviet Union’s final mission to return samples from the Moon, flown in 1976, was which one?

During the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which Soyuz mission docked with Apollo?

Which orbital outpost became the world’s first space station in 1971?

Which probe made a 1986 flyby of Halley’s Comet?

After arriving at Venus in 1990, which spacecraft mapped the planet using radar?

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?

Which astronaut took the second walk on the Moon?