1. Q: What country first sent a human into outer space?
A: Soviet Union
2. Q: What is the first human-made object launched into space?
A: Sputnik 1
3. Q: What is the name of the US program that sent humans to the Moon?
A: Apollo
4. Q: What is the closest planet to the Sun?
A: Mercury
5. Q: What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
A: Venus
6. Q: What percent of the Solar System’s mass does the Sun contain?
A: 99.8
7. Q: Why do we have high and low tides?
A: The Moon and the Sun’s gravity.
8. Q: When will Halley’s Comet become visible from Earth again?
A: 2061
9. Q: What year did humans first land on the Moon?
A: 1969 (We're celebrating 50 years this month)
10. Q: How many miles from Earth is the Moon?
A: 238,855 miles
11. Q: How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
A: 27 days
12. Q: Which planet has the most moons?
A: Jupiter (79 moons)
13. Q: What is the name of our galaxy?
A: Milky Way
14. Q: Nearly all galaxies contain what at their center?
A: Supermassive black hole
15. Q: Which galaxy is closest to the Milky Way?
A: Andromeda Galaxy
16. Q: What type of galaxy is the most common?
A: Elliptical
17. Q: What is the name of the laboratory orbiting 250 miles above Earth?
A: International Space Station
18. Q: How long does it take the ISS to orbit Earth?
A: 90 minutes - It orbits Earth approx 16 times per day moving at 4.76 miles per second or 17,000 mph.
19. Q: What is the name of the telescope set to launch in early 2021?
A: James Webb Space Telescope (Named after James E. Webb - former NASA Administrator from 1961-1968)
20. Q: What spacecraft became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space?
A: Voyager 1 - Voyager is currently over 13.5 billion miles from Earth, moving at 10 miles per second or 38,000 miles per hour. We used Jupiter's gravity to slingshot it into space faster than we could ever make it go.
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