Star Party: Astronomy Pop-Culture Trivia

Earlier this year, NASA named the landing site of its Mars rover, Perseverance, after this science fiction author.

In the film "Space Buddies", 5 puppies stowaway on a shuttle and take a trip to space. What breed were the puppies?

John Herrington, the first Chickasaw astronaut to fly to space, wrote which children's book about his 13-day mission?

Which Netflix movie is about an adventurous girl who builds a rocket ship hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess?

What movie starring Matt Damon depicts an astronaut attempting to survive after being abandoned on another planet?

Basketball superstar and Wilmington, NC native, Michael Jordan, starred in which live-action & animated space movie?

Name this 1960s animated sitcom created as a comically-futuristic counterpart to The Flinstones.

Which Harry Potter character gets her name from one of the shoulder stars in the constellation Orion?

Which character from Star Trek was originally played by George Takei and later played by John Cho?

In 2019 scientists took the first image of a black hole. Many memes compared it to this Lord of the Rings symbol.

The film "Hidden Figures" depicts three African American women who broke barriers at NASA. What was their profession?

What is the name of this Disney movie robot who spends his days cleaning up a future planet Earth?

SpaceX is a space-technology design and manufacturing company created by which co-founder of the Tesla car company?

What band filmed a space-themed music video at the Johnson Space Center in Texas for their #1 hit-song "Drag Me Down"?

Which character was seen floating aboard the International Space Station in the season 6 premiere of Big Bang Theory?

What beer company has the same name as a part of the sun?

Name the 2020 Nike footwear collection marketed as environmentally conscious due to its use of recycled materials.

In the original Marvel comics, the character Thanos is from a moon of what planet?

Which actor, whose last name means moon in Spanish, played Captain Cassian Andor in the film Star Wars: Rogue One?

Which president announced a plan for a laser-based missile defense system that became known as Star Wars?