80 The Space Race Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the approximate launch mass of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite?
Answer
83.6 kilograms
Which Apollo astronaut became the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon?
Answer
Alan Shepard
What was the name of Apollo 16’s lunar module?
Answer
Orion
On what date did Apollo 11’s lunar module land on the Moon?
Answer
20 July 1969
How long did NASA’s Gemini 4 mission remain in space?
Answer
Four days
Who was the first woman in space, launched by the Soviet Union in 1963?
Answer
Valentina Tereshkova
Which Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to complete two spacewalks?
Answer
Alexei Leonov
What was the name of the 1975 joint U.S.-Soviet mission that docked Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft?
Answer
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
On which two radio frequencies did Sputnik 1 transmit its famous beeping signals?
Answer
20.007 and 40.002 MHz
What name was given to NASA’s first group of seven astronauts selected in 1959?
Answer
Mercury Seven
Who was the final person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 17?
Answer
Eugene Cernan
Which Apollo 8 astronaut took the famous Earthrise photograph from lunar orbit?
Answer
William Anders
Who became the first person to drive a vehicle on the Moon during Apollo 15?
Answer
David Scott
What name did Apollo 11 astronauts give the site where they first landed on the Moon?
Answer
Tranquility Base
What was the name of the Apollo 17 lunar rover used on the final crewed Moon landing?
Answer
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Which astronaut was the first person to fly in space twice?
Answer
Gus Grissom