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Which was the first living creature to be launched into space?

Rabbit

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Dog

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Mouse

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Goat

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The astronauts on this spaceship landed on the moon. They littered the moon so much that it has been termed as the most 'expensive rubbish in history'? What was the name of the spaceship?

Apollo

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Voyager

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Pioneer

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Sputnik

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Name the heaviest object ever launched into space.

Ariel, a satellite

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Salyut space station

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Luna, a spacecraft

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Skylab, a space station

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Where is the world's largest radio telescope located?

Brazil

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Chile

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Puerto Rico

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Mexico

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From which language did the word galaxy originate?

Greek

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Latin

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Russian

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English

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How many stars does the Milky Way galaxy contain?

1000 million

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10,000 million

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100,000 million

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1,000,000 million

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Which is the only planet that rolls round the sun on its side, instead of spinning like a top?

Neptune

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Uranus

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Jupiter

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Pluto

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Which planet has the most explosive moon in the solar system?

Mars

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Earth

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Jupiter

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Venus

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The first men on moon left their footprints that are visible even today. How long will they continue to remain visible?

10 million

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100 million

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1,000 million

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100,000 million

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Can you guess the distance of the Sun from the Earth?

150 million km

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100 million km

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50 million km

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25 million km

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What is the temperature at the centre of the Sun?

5 million degrees Celsius

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15 million degrees Celsius

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10 million degrees Celsius

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1 million degrees Celsius

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Which planet has a core of iron, bigger than that of the moon?

Pluto

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Earth

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Mercury

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Saturn

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What are Asteroids?

A big galaxy

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A great comet

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Shooting stars

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Small planets

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What is a meteorite?

Galaxy

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Asteroid rock

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Comet

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Star

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Where can you find the world's most famous meteorite crater?

Arizona

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Florida

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Alaska

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California

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