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1. Man was always fascinated by the stars but didn't have a suitable device for closer observations. Who was the first person to develop the telescope in 1608?
2. For the first time ever a man-made object in 1944 crossed the Karman line. What is the Karman line?
3. What was the name of Earth's first artificial satellite that was launched on October 4, 1957?
4. September 12, 1959 saw the launch of a Luna 2, a Soviet spacecraft, that became the first man made object to impact the surface of which astronomical body?
5. Yuri Gagarin was the first human to fly in outer space. The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome that lies in which country?
6. Less than a month after Gagarin became the first to fly in outer space, the USA launched their first man in space. What was the name of the man who named his capsule Freedom 7?
7. The Apollo program enabled 12 people to walk on the moon. Who was the third person to walk on the surface of the moon in November 1969?
8. A space station is a spacecraft orbiting the Earth which is capable of supporting crew onboard for long periods of time. What was the name of the first space station that was launched in April 1971?
9. The first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium did so on August 25, 2012. What was the name of the spacecraft, launched in September 1977, that achieved this feat?
10. What was the name of the lander than made a soft landing on the Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12th November 2014?
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