Published: Sunday 20th March 2016
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Which is the nearest galaxy to Earth?
Andromeda.
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Which astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission did not land on the moon?
Michael Collins.
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Who was the captain of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission?
James Lovell.
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Who was the first man to orbit the Earth?
Yuri Gagarin.
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Which is the second planet away from the Sun?
Venus.
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Who first put forward the Big Bang Theory for the origin of the Universe?
Georges LeMaitre.
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In which English county is the Jodrell Bank observatory located?
Cheshire.
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What are the rings around Saturn primarily composed of?
Ice & Rocks.
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Which is the only planet named after a Greek deity?
Uranus.
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On what date does the Vernal Equinox occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
March 21st.
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Who in 1991 became the first Briton in space?
Helen Sharman.
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What was the name of NASA's first space station that operated between 1973 and 1974?
Sky Lab.
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Which planet has the hottest surface temperature?
Venus.
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Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781?
Uranus.
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In which modern country is Baikonur, the primary launch site for many Soviet space mission?
Kazakhstan.
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Who discovered Callisto & Ganymede, two of Jupiter's moons?
Galileo.
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What name was given to the vehicle that the US astronauts used on the moon?
Lunar Rover.
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How many planets make up our solar system?
Eight.
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What was the name of the space station launched by the USSR in 1986?
Mir.
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Which planets are known as the Gas Giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune & Uranus.
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