The Final Frontier

Question one is date-related, but the rest are not. There is a space theme in all of the questions.

One

A U.S. space probe was launched on this day in 2007 and a year later it landed on Mars. What mythical creature was the probe named after?

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Two

What two words are missing from this 1969 quote: “Houston, … here. The Eagle has landed.” 

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Three

In 2012, travelling a whopping 480 million kilometres to reach our ears, … was the first tune to be broadcast from another planet.
— BBC Sky at Night magazine

The above quote is missing the name of the song which was broadcast. What was that song and who had especially written it for this purpose?

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Four

If Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus occurred in January 1986, when was its next encounter, the Neptune Flyby? (Month and Year)

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Five

For what planet in the Solar System is the following true? 

• The Sun rises twice each year.
• The Sun rises in the west, and 
• A day is longer than a year.

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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