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1
Which company successfully launched the first crewed suborbital spaceflight with tourists in 2021?
Blue Origin
Boeing
SpaceX
Virgin Galactic
24% got this right
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, was on this inaugural tourist flight!
2
What is the name of Virgin Galactic's spaceplane designed for suborbital tourism flights?
SpaceShipTwo
Dragon Capsule
New Shepard
Starliner
24% got this right
SpaceShipTwo is air-launched from a carrier aircraft called WhiteKnightTwo.
3
Who was the first self-funded space tourist to visit the International Space Station (ISS)?
Dennis Tito
Anousheh Ansari
Guy Laliberté
Mark Shuttleworth
23% got this right
Dennis Tito reportedly paid around $20 million for his trip to the ISS in 200
4
Which company is planning to offer orbital space tourism experiences using its Starship spacecraft?
SpaceX
Blue Origin
Sierra Space
Virgin Galactic
61% got this right
SpaceX's Starship is designed to be fully reusable, aiming to lower the cost of space travel.
5
What is the approximate altitude that defines the boundary of space, known as the Kármán line?
10 —
100
— 500
km
26% got this right
The Kármán line is an imaginary boundary 100 km above Earth's mean sea level.
6
What was the name of the Russian space agency that facilitated the early space tourism flights to the ISS?
Roscosmos
ESA
JAXA
NASA
38% got this right
Roscosmos used its Soyuz spacecraft for transporting space tourists to the ISS.
7
Who was the first woman to fly as a self-funded space tourist?
Anousheh Ansari
Sally Ride
Valentina Tereshkova
Wally Funk
34% got this right
Anousheh Ansari blogged about her experiences during her trip to the ISS in 2006.
8
Which of the following is true about Wally Funk's journey to space?
She was part of the Mercury 13 and flew with Blue Origin.
She flew on the Space Shuttle program.
She was the first space tourist to orbit Earth.
She was the first woman in space.
42% got this right
Wally Funk, at 82, became one of the oldest people to reach space, decades after being denied by NASA's early program.
9
Who is planning to build a commercial space station called Orbital Reef, potentially for future space tourists?
Blue Origin
Sierra Space
SpaceX
Virgin Galactic
20% got this right
Called “Orbital Reef,” it is architected as a mixed-use business park 250 miles above Earth.
10
Which company launched an all-female crew to space on April 14, 2025?
Blue Origin
Sierra Space
Space X
Virgin Galactic
26% got this right
Blue Origin's all-female flight marked the first time since 1963 that women went to space without a male astronaut.
