Space Exploration and Recent Missions MCQs

1. Which was the first human-made object to reach space?
(A) Apollo 11
(B) Sputnik 1
(C) Voyager 1
(D) Hubble Space Telescope

2. Who was the first human to travel into space?
(A) Neil Armstrong
(B) Buzz Aldrin
(C) Yuri Gagarin
(D) John Glenn

3. Which space agency landed the Perseverance rover on Mars in 2021?
(A) ESA (European Space Agency)
(B) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
(C) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
(D) CNSA (China National Space Administration)

4. What is the name of NASA’s program aiming to return humans to the Moon by 2025?
(A) Artemis
(B) Apollo
(C) Orion
(D) Voyager

5. Which country became the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon?
(A) United States
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) India

6. What was the name of the first private company to send humans into orbit?
(A) Blue Origin
(B) SpaceX
(C) Virgin Galactic
(D) Boeing

7. What is the primary goal of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)?
(A) To study black holes
(B) To search for alien life
(C) To explore exoplanets and the early universe
(D) To monitor Earth’s climate

8. Which country successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon in 2023?
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) India

9. What is the purpose of NASA’s DART mission, launched in 2021?
(A) To study Mars’ atmosphere
(B) To test planetary defense against asteroids
(C) To deploy a space telescope
(D) To explore Saturn’s moons

10. What is the name of the first space tourist who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001?
(A) Richard Branson
(B) Dennis Tito
(C) Jeff Bezos
(D) Elon Musk