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Trivia Questions

In March 1986 5 spacecraft made fly-bys of this comet

In 1958 Explorer I discovered these radiation bands surrounding the Earth

This country's Nozomi, or "Hope", spacecraft is due to go into orbit around Mars in December 2003

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) Astronauts use lots of moist wipes, so plants to be used for long missions are studied to see how they react to this compound

(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) A 1990 mission of the space shuttle with this appropriate name deployed the Hubble Space Telescope

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) When loaded, the heaviest part of the space shuttle is the fuel tank that contains these two liquefied gases

(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) For plants which may go into space, the Life Sciences Lab studies the effect of light, temperature & this gas formed in respiration

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) This type of rocket was used for the first Apollo flight to the Moon & propelling Skylab into space

Abbreviated EVAs, these are central to the International Space Station's construction & maintenance

(Leroy Chiao reads the clue from aboard the International Space Station.) Every 6 months the space station gets a new one of this Russian spacecraft that's basically a lifeboat