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This week's quiz will test your knowledge of space.

  1. Name the planets of the solar system in order, starting nearest the Sun.

  2. Name the moons of Mars.

  3. Of which planet is Charon a satellite?

  4. What are Perseids?

  5. Where would you find Humboldt's sea?

  6. Which of the following is not a lunar sea: (a) Sea of Showers, (b) Sea of Mysteries or (c) Sea of Geniuses?

  7. What is the English name for the constellation Monoceros?

  8. In which year was Sputnik 1 launched?

  9. Who flew in Vostok 1?

  10. Who was the first woman in space?

  11. What was special about the Voshkod 2 mission?

  12. What was remarkable about the Soyuz 19 mission?

  13. What happened to Soyuz T10-1?

  14. Who was the first British cosmonaut?

  15. What was unusual about the American astronaut Enos?

  16. Who flew in the first manned suborbital flight?

  17. Who was in command of the first US manned orbital flight?

  18. What is the name of the planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra?

  19. What is a space shuttle?

  20. When did operational flights of the space shuttle Columbia begin?

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