Quiz  /  Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts Quiz

  • 1. 
    What was the first animal launched into orbit?

  • Dog
  • Chimpanzee
  • Cat
  • Guinea Pig

  • 2. 
    Who was the first man in space?

  • Scott Carpenter
  • Yury Gagarin
  • Alexey Leonov
  • Neil Armstrong

  • 3. 
    Who was the first woman in space?

  • Sally Ride
  • Samantha Cristoforetti
  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • Peggy Whitson

  • 4. 
    What was Buzz Aldrin’s first name at birth?

  • Edwin
  • Stephen
  • Earl
  • Scott

  • 5. 
    Who was the second U.S. astronaut to travel into space?

  • Roger B. Chaffee
  • Edward H. White
  • Virgil I. Grissom
  • John W. Young

  • 6. 
    Who commanded Apollo 13, which suffered a near-disastrous accident in 1970?

  • John L. Swigert, Jr.
  • Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
  • Fred W. Haise, Jr.
  • James A. Lovell, Jr.

  • 7. 
    Who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth?

  • Gordon Cooper
  • Buzz Aldrin
  • John Glenn
  • Frank Borman

  • 8. 
    Who commanded the ill-fated Challenger shuttle mission in 1986?

  • Judith Resnik
  • Dick Scobee
  • Christa McAuliffe
  • Michael Smith

  • 9. 
    Who was the first woman to command a U.S. space shuttle?

  • Mae Jemison
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Sally Ride
  • Eileen Collins

  • 10. 
    Who was the first African American launched into space?

  • Frederick D. Gregory
  • Charles Bolden
  • Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
  • Ronald McNair
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