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1. How much would an astronaut and space suit that weigh 360 pounds on Earth weigh during walks on the moon?
2. As of 2001, how many space shuttle flights were taken by Dr. Story Musgrave, who has flown on more shuttle missions than anyone else?
3. What was the only thing that space pioneer John Glenn ate when he became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962?
4. In astronomy, a coma is the vast cloud of light that surrounds a black hole.
5. Which planet has the hottest average surface temperature?
6. The Finnish stargazers used to call the shooting stars and the comets that they saw "fire foxes."
7. Which planet's moons are named for characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope?
8. To a shuttle astronaut, Max-Q is the moment about 45 seconds after launch when the shuttle undergoes the maximum amount of air pressure.
9. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that was once thought to be a moon, but due to advanced systems, has now been determined to actually be a planet.
10. To an astronaut, 'light the candle' means starting up the shuttle right before they take off.
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