98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98686 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the first successful US space probe to fly by Venus?
Answer
Mariner 2
How many Earth days does it take for Venus to rotate once on its axis?
Answer
243 Earth days
What gas makes up about 96% of Venus's atmosphere?
Answer
carbon dioxide
What is the name of the ultraviolet spectrometer on Voyager?
Answer
Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS)
Who chaired the committee that selected the Golden Record contents?
Answer
Carl Sagan
What did Voyager 2 discover on Neptune's moon Triton?
Answer
Nitrogen geysers
What is the gravitational assist maneuver used by Voyager at Jupiter called?
Answer
Gravity assist
What is the name of the instrument on Voyager that measures plasma waves?
Answer
Plasma Wave Subsystem
Which Voyager spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune?
Answer
Voyager 2
What is the most distant human-made object from Earth as of 2024?
Answer
Voyager 1
Who holds the record for the most cumulative time spent in space, mostly on the ISS?
Answer
Oleg Kononenko
What is the name of the European robotic arm on the Russian segment of the ISS?
Answer
European Robotic Arm
Which country added the Nauka module to the ISS in 2021?
Answer
Russia
Which space agency built the Columbus module?
Answer
European Space Agency
Who was the commander of the first ISS expedition?
Answer
Bill Shepherd
How many days did the Apollo 11 mission last?
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8 days
Who was the only geologist to walk on the Moon?
Answer
Harrison Schmitt
What was the call sign of the Apollo 9 command module?
Answer
Gumdrop
What was the nickname of the Apollo 10 lunar module?
Answer
Snoopy
Which Apollo mission experienced an oxygen tank explosion?
Answer
Apollo 13
Which Apollo astronaut hit a golf ball on the Moon?
Answer
Alan Shepard
Which Apollo mission retrieved a piece of the Surveyor 3 spacecraft?
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Apollo 12
Who was the commander of Apollo 13?
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Jim Lovell
Which Apollo mission tested the lunar module in Earth orbit?
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Apollo 9
What vehicle did Apollo astronauts drive on the Moon?
Answer
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Which astronaut was the second to walk on the Moon?
Answer
Buzz Aldrin
What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module?
Answer
Eagle
Who was the command module pilot of Apollo 11?
Answer
Michael Collins
What is the name of the large canyon on Saturn's moon Tethys?
Answer
Ithaca Chasma