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| Who was the first man to walk on the Moon? |
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| Who was the director of the V-2 rocket project? |
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| Who improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them through tubes? |
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| Who was the first man in space? |
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| Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? |
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| Who is called the Father of Modern Rocketry because of his experiments with solid and liquid propellant rockets? |
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| Who developed spin stabilization for rockets? |
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| Who developed the first rocket engine? |
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| Who was the first American in space? |
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| What was the first US space station? |
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| What was the first artificial satellite? |
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| Who developed a form of gunpowder and used it as fireworks for religious and festive celebrations? |
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| When did the Chinese first use rockets as a weapon against the Mongols? |
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| Who improved the forms of gunpowder, which increased the range of the rocket? |
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| Who wrote the national anthem? |
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| What battle was the inspiration for the poem written by Francis Scott Key that later became the Star Spangled Banner? |
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| battle at Fort McHenry in 1812 |
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| Who was a british artillery expert who increased the rocket's range from 200 to 3,000 yards? |
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| What is the name of the method where the escaping exhaust gases struck small vanes at the bottom of the rocket? |
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| Who published a report in 1903 suggesting the use of liquid propellants for rockets in order to achieve greater range? |
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| Who proposed the idea of space exploration by a rocket in 1898? |
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| Who is the father of modern rocketry? |
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| Who achieved the first successful flight with a liquid-propellant rocket in 126? |
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| Who is the father of modern astronautics? |
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| What was the name of the rocket that carried an explosive warhead which was used by Germany against London during World War II? |
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| Who published a book in 1923 about rocket travel into outer space which lead to the creation of rocket societies around the world? |
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| What was the name of the rocket society which led to the development of the V-2 rocket? |
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| The Society for Space Travel |
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| Who used captured V-2s to teach American scientists and engineers about rocketry? |
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| What scientist led the first successful Soviet intercontinental ballistic missle in August 1957? |
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| Who is the father of the Soviet Space Program? |
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| What is the rocket system that lifts the spacecraft? |
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| When was Sputnik 1 launched into space? |
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| When did the US launch Explorer 1 into space? |
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| What was the name of the Mercury capsule launched Alan Shepard into space for the first time? |
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