Space and Astronomy Quiz

The first man landed on the moon in what year?

• 1959

• 1969

• 1961

Which is the closest planet to the sun

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

What is outer layer of the atmosphere called?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

Which is the world's largest light detecting telescope?

• Chantra X-ray telescope

• Hubble telescope

• The twin Keck telescopes

The nearest star to earth, after the sun Is called?

• Proxima Centauri

• Barnard's star

• Gliese 581

Who was the first person in space?

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Kalpana Chawla

When was Uranus discovered?

• 1781

• 1871

• 1876

Which of the spacecraft did NASA launched in 2006, to study Pluto?

• 1781

• 1871

• 1876

Which planet is the smallest in our solar system?

• Pluto

• Venus

• Mercury

Who was the first woman to travel to space?

• Kalpana Chawla

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Alexei Leonov