Space & Astronomy - (Questions Submitted By Yoda)
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001 From Where On 4th October 1957, Was The First Man Made Satellite Launched Into Space Baikonur Kosmodrome , Kazakstan
002 With Which Sport Is Edwin Hubble Of Telescope Fame Associated Boxing
003 By What Term Is A Lunar Roving Vehicle Better Known Moon Buggy
004 Who Was The First American To Go Into Orbit In Space John Glenn 20th Feb 1962
005 How Long Did He Take To Complete One Orbit Of The Earth 108 Minutes
006 In April 1970 Who Said "Houston We Have A Problem" Jim Lovell On Apollo 13
007 Who Was The First Man To Step Foot On The Moon Neil Armstrong
008 And In Which Year Did This Happen 1969
009 From Where Do The European Ariane Rockets Lift Off French Guyana South America
010 Which Soviet Artificial Satelite Was Launched In October 1957 Sputnik I
011 Where Was The Launch Pad Of The Space Shuttle Cape Canaveral , Florida
012 What Is The Reusable Part Of A Space Shuttle Called The Orbiter
013 Where Is Mission Control Centre Houston Texas
014 What Is The Name Of The Russian Space Station, Sent Into Orbit In 1986 Mir
015 What Happened To Laika The Dog First Animal In Space (Died)
016 What Speed Did Saturn V Have To Reach To Escape The Earths Gravitational Pull 40,000 km/h
017 Which Space Shuttle Exploded On 28th January 1986 Challenger
018 Who Holds The Record For The Longest Time Spent In Space A Russian Dr (Valery Poliakov)
019 How Long Did He Stay In Space 438 Days On Mir
020 What Is ARECIBO Largest Telescope Dish In The World 305 Metres , Puerto Rico
021 Which Robotic Probe Accomplished The First Mission To Mars In 1976 Viking
022 Between 1969 & 1972 How Many Men Went To The Moon 12
023 In Which Year Did The Last Manned Expedition To The Moon Take Place 1972
024 Whose Book About The History Of Americas First Space Programme Was Called "The Right Stuff" Tom Wolfe
025 What Distinction Did Sally Ride Achieve On 18th June 1983 First American Woman To Orbit The Earth
026 The 2 Stars To The Right Of The Plough In The Constellation Of Ursa Major Are Called The Pointers To What Do They Point Polaris The Pole Star
027 Sharing It's Name With An Arnold Schwarzenegger Film, What Name Is Given To The Line Dividing Light And Dark Portions Of The Moon The Terminator
028 On Which Planet Are The Herschel & Newton Craters Mars
029 Approximately How Long Does It Take The Suns Light To Reach Earth Eight Minutes
030 Why Is Pluto Not In Gustav Holst's Music Suite The Planets Written Before Pluto's Discovery
031 What Is The Name Of The Largest Moon In The Solar System Ganymede
032 In Which Year Was The Comet Hale-Bop Last Visible 1997
033 In 1995 The Star 51 Pegasi Was The First Star To Be Confirmed As Having What An Orbiting Planet
034 Which Planet Was Discovered In 1781 By Amateur Astronomer William Herschel Working At His Home In Bath England Uranus
035 How Many Years Does It Take Neptune To Orbit The Sun 165
036 Who Made The Discovery That The Sun Spins Galileo
037 Which Constellation Has 3 Stars That Appear To Be In A Straight Line And That Are Referred To As A Belt Orion
038 On Which Body Are The Sea Of Waves And The Sea Of Vapours On The Moon
039 Which Is The Only Star In Our Solar System The Sun
040 The Northern Lights Are Called The "Aurora Borealis" What Are The Southern Lights Known As Aurora Ausralis
041 Io Is The Most Volcanically Active Body In The Solar System Which Planet Does It Orbit Jupiter
042 By What Nickname Is The Star Sirius Known The Dog Star
043 What Was Discovered By Clyde Tombaugh From The Lowell Observatory Arizona In 1930 Pluto
044 How Many Moons Are There In Our Solar System A) 43 B) 53 C) 63 C = 64
045 Which Planet Spins On A Near Horizontal Axis As Opposed To A Vertical Or Near Vertical Uranus
046 In Which Constellation Are The Stars Castor & Pollux Gemini
047 During Which Event Can You Witness The Phenomenon Known As "The Diamond Ring" A Solar Eclipse
048 Why Is Neptune Sometimes The Farthest Planet From The Sun Because Plutos Orbit Is Eliptical So It Sometimes Cuts Inside The Path Of Neptune
049 Are Sunspots The Hottest Or Coolest Regions Of The Suns Surface Coolest
050 Which Planet In The Solar System Is Nearest In Size To Earth Venus
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