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The mystery of space has captivated people for thousands of years. Our space obsession is one reason why astronauts are modern-day heroes and exploring space is the next great adventure. Are you a pseudo-astronomer? Take this quiz to see how many real or fictional astronauts you can identify!
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong is probably the most famous astronaut that has ever lived. The commander of the historic Apollo 11 mission, he will be forever remembered as the first man to walk on the Moon.
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Valentina Tereshkova
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Chris Hadfield
John Glenn Jr.
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride, who passed away in 2012, was an American physicist and astronaut. Sally Ride was not only the first American woman in space, but also the youngest American astronaut to travel to space at the time (she was only 32 years old).
Yuri Gagarin
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Jim Lovell
Mae Jemison
Story Musgrave
John Glenn
In 1959, John Glenn was selected as one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected by NASA to become America's first astronauts and fly the Project Mercury spacecraft. He became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Story Musgrave
Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He also set an eight-day space endurance record.
Judith Resnik
Ronald McNair
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts. Being a test pilot, mechanical engineer, and a United States Air Force pilot, he was the second American to fly in space and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice.
Yuri Gagarin
Harrison Schmitt
Story Musgrave
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova is internationally renowned for being the first woman to go into space. She was born in a small Russian village but became interested in parachuting from a young age. When she was a teenager, she began training at the local aeroclub. After Gagarin’s historic flight in 1961, the Soviets wanted to be the first country to put a woman into space. Valentina Tereshkova was selected outof hundreds to be one of five women who would go into space.
John Glenn Jr.
Neil Armstrong
James Lovell Jr.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Dr. Sally Ride
Chris Hadfield
James Lovell Jr.
James Arthur "Jim" Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy. He suffered a critical failure while flying to the moon, but he was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control.
Alan Shepard
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Jim Lovell
William R. Pogue
Story Musgrave
Chris Hadfield
When Chris Hadfield decided that he wanted to be an astronaut, the gap between being a young boy on an Ontario corn farm and the first Canadian to walk in space seemed unbridgeable. Canada had no astronaut program, nor would it for the foreseeable future. But Chris did it - he spent his time learning mechanics on the tractors and old cars and, in 1995, Chris Hadfield rode his first rocket.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Laika
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and actually the first animal to orbit the Earth. The Soviet Union stunned the whole world when, on Nov. 3, 1957, they launched Sputnik 2 with a husky mix, Laika, on board.
Astro
Albert I
Yorick
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Yorick
Laika
Ham
Also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, Ham was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space. It happened on January 31, 1961, as part of America's space program.
Astro
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Gordon Cooper
Dr. Hugh Mann (Interstellar)
Sam Bell (Moon)
Moon is a science fiction film, released in 2009. When astronaut Sam Bell's three-year shift at a lunar mine is finally coming to an end, his health takes a drastic turn for the worse. Sam Bell was played by Sam Rockwell.
Maj. Adam Fossy (Infinite)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
William "Buck" Rogers (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science-fiction adventure TV series that ran from 1979 to 1981. The series was based on the character Buck Rogers, created in 1928 by Philip Francis Nowlan, that had previously been featured in comic strips, novellas, a serial film, and on television and radio.
Mark Watney (Martian)
Joseph Wood (Hibernation)
Stephen G. Richey (Star Trek)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Mark Watney (The Martian)
David Brock (Doctor Who)
John Kilpack (Event Horizon)
Lt. Dan Milton Prescott (First Man into Space)
First Man into Space is an independently made 1959 UK black-and-white science fiction horror film. It's working title was Satellite of Blood. Astronaut Lt. Dan Milton Prescott first appeared in a story by Wyott Ordung.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11. He is a famous American engineer and former astronaut who participated in the first manned lunar landing in history.
John Glenn Jr.
Neil Armstrong
James Lovell Jr.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
David Bowman (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Dr. David Bowman was the mission commander of the Discovery 1 and the only one who survived. Keir Dullea appeared in both 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
Dun "William" Xu (Europa Report)
Guy Crayford (Doctor Who)
K. "Fuj" Fuji (Invasion of Astro-Monster)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Ted Dougherty (Marooned)
The film Marooned was released in 1969, four months after the Apollo 11 mission, with the revised novel that inspired the movie hitting bookstores a few weeks earlier. Ted Dougherty appeared in the 1968-69 version of the book by Martin Caidin. He was Pruett's friend who plans a rescue mission using an experimental X-RV lifting body spacecraft.
Ben Sawye (Mars)
Melissa Lewis (The Martian)
Duncan (Mission Mars)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Beard (One Way to the Moon)
Capt. Jim Nichols (Men into Space)
Samuel A. "Sam" Conrad (The Twilight Zone)
Jim McConnell (Mission to Mars)
Mission to Mars is a 2000 science fiction film about a 2020 manned Mars exploration mission that goes awry. American astronaut Jim McConnell, played by Gary Sinise, coordinates a rescue mission to save his colleague.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Jim Lovell
Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett "Al" Shepard Jr. was not only one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, but also an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American astronaut to travel into space. Ten years later, at age 47, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission. At that time, he was the oldest astronaut in the program.
Guion Bluford
Eileen Collins
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Ted Shaw (Defying Gravity)
James Bond (Moonraker)
In Moonraker, James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Roger Moore stars as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
Dr. Goodie (The Outsiders)
Jack Josephson (Beyond Apollo)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
George Taylor (Planet of the Apes)
Colonel George Taylor is a fictional American astronaut, the leader of a space expedition in the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes. Taylor's first name is never spoken in dialog; it's revealed in the 1998 documentary, Behind the Planet of the Apes.
George Gompers (Shine Shine Shine)
Joe Santalupo (Drag Queen Astronaut)
Miller (The Last Man on Earth)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Capt. Theo Cooper (400 Days)
Herbert (Life on Mars)
Andy Hawkins (Space Warriors)
Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Buzz Lightyear is a famous fictional character in the Toy Story franchise. Along with Woody, he is one of the lead characters in all Toy Story movies. Tim Allen voiced this character.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Lt. Tuck Pendleton (InnerSpace)
Lt. Tuck Pendleton is the main character in the movie InnerSpace, directed by Joe Dante. He is a down-on-his-luck naval aviator who lives in San Francisco, California. One day, he resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment.
Matthew "Matt" Kowalsky (Gravity)
Keith Palmer (CSI: Miami)
Richard "Dick" Finley (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Private Hudson (Aliens)
William L. Hudson, played by actor Bill Paxton, was a combat technician in the United States Colonial Marine Corps, deployed to Acheron aboard the USS Sulaco in 2179 along with his team. Their mission was to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the colony of Hadley's Hope.
Wolf Edmunds (Interstellar)
Carlos I. Noriega
Peggy Whitson
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Benjamin "Tuck" Tucker, Jr. (Zero-G)
Calvin "Cal" Howard (Spaceman in a Crater)
Commander Jim Lovell (Apollo 13)
Tom Hanks played Commander Jim Lovell in the movie. James Arthur "Jim" Lovell Jr. is most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the moon but was saved and brought back to Earth. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit.
Charles "Charlie" Farmer (The Astronaut Farmer)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
George Andrews (Orbit)
Barbarella (Barbarella)
Barbarella is a fictional astronaut from the 41st century who wants to stop the evil scientist Durand Durand. After peaceful floating in zero-gravity, she lands on the frozen planet Lythion in the City of Night, Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour.
Turanga Leela (Futurama)
Chuck Taggart (Odyssey 5)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Frank Corvin (Space Cowboys)
Capt. Alex Streck (The Astronaut's Wife)
Harry Stamper (Armageddon)
Harry Stamper is a fictional character, played by Bruce Willis, from Armageddon - the famous 1998 American science fiction disaster film. Notably, Armageddon was an international box-office success despite generally negative reviews from critics.
Charles "Charlie" Farmer (The Astronaut Farmer)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Natasha "Tasha" Teranova (Wonder Woman)
Joseph A. Walker
Colonel Calvin Carlton (Moon over Miami)
Bjarni Tryggvason
Bjarni Tryggvason, born in Iceland, started as a meteorologist at the Meteorologic Service Canada in Toronto. After this, he served as a research associate in industrial aerodynamics. a guest research associate in Japan, and a lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. In 1983, he was selected as one of the original six Canadian astronauts. He was also the project engineer for the Space Vision System Target Spacecraft, which was deployed during that mission.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Franklin Chang Diaz
Franklin Ramón Chang DÃÂaz is of Chinese and Costa Rican Spanish descent. He became an American citizen when he was 27 years old. As of 2017, he is a president and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company. He is also a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the record holder as of 2014 for the most spaceflights.
Misha (Superman IV: The Quest for Peace )
Jeffrey Ashby
Chuck Taggart (Odyssey 5)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Gregory Chamitoff
Georgi Ivanov
Georgi Ivanov, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut, is a retired Bulgarian military officer who was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990. He, along with Soviet cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov, was launched into space as part of the Soyuz 33 mission.
Sally Ride
Captain Roger Canfield (The Astronauts)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Zefram Cochrane (Star Trek)
Larry Dart (Space Patrol)
Spurgeon Tanner (Deep Impact)
Deep Impact is a 1998 American science-fiction disaster film. Deep Impact was released almost at the same time as its similarly themed rival, Armageddon, which fared better at the box office. Astronomers described Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate.
Reed Richards (Fantastic Four)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Jake Garn
Mike Bailey (Wonder Woman)
Captain Alex Streck (The Astronaut's Wife)
Muhammed Faris
In 1987, Muhammed Faris became a national hero after going into space with the Soviets, as the first Syrian and the second Arab in space. He lives in exile in Turkey and he has a new mission – fighting for his fellow refugees.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Walter Cunningham
Roberta Bondar
Dr. Bondar is a neurologist and a clinical and basic science researcher in the nervous system. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. She was one of six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983, but she left the Canadian Space Agency 9 years later to pursue her research.
Colonel Clifford Greenberg (2061: Odyssey Three)
Dr. Goodie (The Outsiders)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
William Anders
Ted Shaw (Defying Gravity)
Amelia Brand (Interstellar)
Dr. Amelia Brand, portrayed by Anne Hathaway, is the chief scientist/biologist of the expedition being sent through the wormhole while attempting to relocate the human race. She is, in essence, one of the top scientists in the mission.
Ellen Ochoa
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Barbara Morgan
Mark Watney (The Martian)
Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is one of the six members of the Ares III, a mission on Mars. He is a botanist who spent eleven months working at NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center before being selected for the mission.
Rakesh Sharma
Captain Alex Streck (The Astronaut's Wife)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Garrett Reisman
John Glenn
Sally Ride
Melissa Lewis (The Martian)
Commander Melissa Lewis completed a series of in-space missions before she was picked to lead the Ares III manned mission to Mars at some point in 2026. Portrayed by Jessica Chastain.
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Major Rick Martinez (The Martian)
According to his official profile, Rick Martinez was born January 21, 1996, in Brooklyn NY. At age 15, he realized that his ultimate goal was NASA, so his first step was to get his Bachelor of science in astronomical engineering at the United States Academy. Later in life, he slowly worked his way up to the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base. There, he was a top-notch pilot and earned the respect of his peers and commanders. This fictional NASA pilot who participated in the Ares III mission was played by Michael Peña.
Ellen Ochoa
Sally Ride
Duncan (Mission Mars)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Jim Daniels (Doctor Who)
Yuri Gagarin
Beth Johanssen (The Martian)
Beth Johanssen is a fictional astronaut, played by Kate Mara, in The Martian. She was selected to be an astronaut in 2032 with NASA Group 27. Beth was the mission sysop for Ares III and also the 15th person to set foot on Mars.
Jim Lovell
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Edward "Ed" McCauley (Men into Space)
Cooper (Interstellar)
Joseph A. Cooper, played by actor Matthew McConaughey, is a trained NASA pilot with an engineering background, and the pilot of the interstellar expedition. According to some sources, Cooper was born in 2032, so he is roughly 35 when the Endurance launches in 2067. He is about 124 years old on Cooper Station in the year 2156.
Beard (The Time Tunnel)
Captain Friedman (Welcome to Mars)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Aurora (Passengers)
Aurora is played by Jennifer Lawrence. On a routine journey through space, two passengers of the big ship who were sleeping in suspended animation are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. Jim and Aurora begin to fall in love when suddenly they discover their ship is in grave danger.
John Mark Kelly (Star Trek)
Ronald McNair
Judith Resnik
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Gresham (The Twilight Zone)
Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
Ellen Louise Ripley, played by actress Sigourney Weaver, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Alien film series. This character earned Weaver world recognition, and this role remains her most famous to date.
Reed Richards (Fantastic Four)
Dodge (Planet of the Apes)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Boris Brodsky (The Face on Mars)
Dr. Alex Vogel (The Martian)
Alex Vogel, played by actor Aksel Hennie, is a German chemist and astronaut who works for the European Space Agency (ESA). According to the book and movie, he is also the first German to go to Mars.
Harrison Schmitt
Story Musgrave
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Dr. Wong (Interstellar)
Laika
Lieutenant Gorman (Aliens)
Lieutenant Gorman, played by William Hope, is the commanding officer of a Marine squad sent to LV-426. He was subsequently involved in combating the Xenomorph infestation at the colony.
Francisco Delagurez (The Long Way Home)
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Neil Armstrong
Major Rick Martinez (The Martian)
Jim Preston (Passengers)
Jim Preston, played by Chris Pratt, is the character from the 2016 sci-fi movie Passengers. It's both an action blockbuster, as Jim and Aurora try to save a malfunctioning ship and a romance. They are the only two people accidentally awakened with 90 years left to go on an interstellar cruise.
Buzz Aldrin
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to journey into outer space. One of the most influential people of the Cold War, Yuri Gagarin quickly became an international celebrity. He was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, which was the nation's highest honor.
Pete Conrad
Pete Conrad
Jim Lovell
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Which astronaut is in this picture?
Eileen Collins
Kalpana Chawla
Dr. Hugh Mann (Interstellar)
Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Aliens)
Corporal Dwayne Hicks is a fictional character who was a member of the United States Colonial Marine Corps, part of 2nd Battalion Bravo Team. He and his team were deployed to the moon to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the colonists.
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