| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A WORLD OF DEPRESSIONS $800: In 1964 astronauts spent a few days honing their survival skills in this state's Carson Sink Nevada |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $1000: In 1969 Nixon was referring to this Apollo mission when he said astronauts "flew over the Moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve" Apollo 8 |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALL THINGS DISNEY $4,200 (Daily Double): At Walt Disney World in 1975, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper & Jim Irwin attended the grand opening of this ride Space Mountain |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $1000: The Apollo astronauts didn't fire muskets on the Moon, but they did report that moondust smells of this burnt explosive gunpowder |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $2,600 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the USS Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for this group of men the astronauts on Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins) |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SPACE CUISINE $600: Long missions don't serve foods high in this element, as astronauts have fewer red blood cells & can't process it well iron |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SPACE CUISINE $1000: During the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz link-up, cosmonauts & astronauts shared this beet soup from packages jokingly marked "vodka" borscht |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED $2000: NASA raised the limit on radiation exposure for astronauts to 600 of these units, mSv for short millisieverts |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $2000: The Apollo 11 astronauts had to declare Moon rocks to this government service upon returning to Earth Customs |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | PIVOTAL WOMEN $2000: (Melinda French Gates presents the clue.) Depicted in the movie "Hidden Figures" & described as one of NASA's "human computers", this mathematician overcame institutional racism & sexism doing the complex calculations that put America's first astronauts into space & on the Moon Katherine Johnson |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | WELCOME BACK! $1000: Still in quarantine after splashing down, the Apollo 11 astronauts were welcomed back by this president Nixon |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | A LEGO $1000: In 2011 astronauts brought Lego sets to this structure where they tested their performance in microgravity the ISS (the International Space Station) |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | TIME FOR YOUR MEDICINE $800: Your medicine could come in this form, like something astronauts fly around in capsule |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 5 RANDOM THINGS $600: Astronauts Scott, Worden & Irwin established a U. of Michigan alumni club on the Moon during this, the 4th mission to land Apollo 15 |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES $1600: Michael Caine treats a group of astronauts to a reading of Dylan Thomas' poetry in this Christopher Nolan film Interstellar |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | SHOW ME YOUR P-H-D $1200: In 2021 4 astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA's first nighttime one of these since 1968 a (crewed) splashdown |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1200: It's the total weight that a plane or spacecraft carries; some astronauts were "specialists" of it payload |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $600: (Here is Dr.Kate Rubins who has spent a total of 300 days in space.) Astronauts are able to vote from the ISS, including me in the 2016 election; my ballot was encrypted & transmitted to a county clerk in this city, where Mission Control is Houston |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | FEATURES OF THE MOON $1,000 (Daily Double): Apollo 17 astronauts landed near a mountain called "South" this; you may be familiar with the Vinson one in Antarctica Massif |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | NOVELLAS $400: 3 astronauts are marooned in the future in the Nebula Award-winning 1976 novella this city, this city, "Do You Read?" Houston |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | TIME MAGAZINE PERSON OF THE YEAR $2000: 1968: Moon-orbiting Apollo 8 astronauts Anders, Borman & this man who later commanded Apollo 13 (James) Lovell |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "E" $1600: You won't see this event if you're standing on the Moon, but you can if you're orbiting it, like the Apollo 8 astronauts did Earthrise |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $400: Michael Collins, after a huge moment during this mission: "Roger, Tranquility Base. It sure sounded great from up here" Apollo 11 |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $800: A series of 2-man missions, this project saw Ed White get 20 minutes of serious me time as the first American to walk in space Gemini |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $1200: Cornell medical grad Mae Jemison won fame aboard this Space Shuttle, spelled the British way with a "U" Endeavour |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $1600: Kathy Sullivan is the first person to both walk in space & reach the deepest known part of the ocean, this "Deep" Challenger Deep |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ASTRONAUTS $4,200 (Daily Double): In addition to making a notable 3 orbits around the Earth, this Ohio sen. co-wrote 1978's Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act Glenn |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $800: With its gravity 38% of Earth's, astronauts on NASA's projected 2030s mission to this planet will weigh 2/3 less than here Mars |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1200: In Oct. 2019 I.S.S. astronauts Christina Koch & Jessica Meir made the 1st all-female this venture; on Jan. 15, 2020 they did it again a space walk |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) In the 1960s, the rocket-powered North American X-15 went higher and faster than any other aircraft in history with eight pilots who flew it to the fringes of space earning designation as these astronauts |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $1000: On Dec. 19, 1972 astronauts Cernan, Schmitt & Evans splashed down in the Pacific as this last manned Moon mission came to an end Apollo 17 |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION $1200: Fred Haise, James Lovell, Jack Swigert handled some problems on this mission Apollo 13 |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION $1600: Robert Cabana & a crew of 5 made the 1998 first docking here the International Space Station |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION $2000: Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin & Paul Weitz were on the 1973 first visit to this, which burned up 6 years later Skylab |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | REMEMBER THE 1990s? $800: Bringing gifts & astronauts, in 1995 the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with this Russian space station Mir |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | 5 "LASH"ES $1000: For the Apollo 11 astronauts, this occurred on July 24, 1969 in the Pacific Ocean, 900 miles southwest of Hawaii splashdown |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE IRISH-AMERICAN HALL OF FAME $1600: Last name of astronauts Eileen & Michael, back-to-back inductees in 2013 & 2014 Collins |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | HIGH GARDEN $800: In 2015 astronauts aboard this tucked into some romaine lettuce, becoming NASA's first to eat space-grown veggies the ISS (International Space Station) |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | SPACE SCIENCE HISTORY $800: Part of NASA's first group of women astronauts, Dr. Rhea Seddon flew 3 times in space aboard this the space shuttle |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | FREE TIME IN ORBIT $2000: Astronauts were bouncing off the walls in this 1970s space station Skylab |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | MEMORABLE MOVIE SCENES $600: 2013:
Satellite debris shatters a space shuttle & leaves astronauts in peril Gravity |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | FEW ARE CHOSEN $200: Introduced by NASA, the 2017 class of 12 of these candidates was chosen from more than 18,000 applicants astronauts |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | STAN LEE $1000: (Stan Lee presents the clue.) In 1961 I teamed up with Jack Kirby & told the story of this group of astronauts who gained superpowers after being bombarded by cosmic rays the Fantastic Four |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | EXERCISE $1000: Astronauts on the I.S.S. use exercise & diet to ward off osteopenia, this common problem in space bone density loss |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | BAD-WORLD BOOKSHELF $400: Astronauts land on another world where humans are savages & chimps are civilized Planet of the Apes |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE $200: In 2015 NASA astronauts on the International Space Station snacked on space lettuce, a variety of romaine grown with the aid of these, LEDs light-emitting diodes |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | YOU CALL THAT A KNIFE? $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two blades, one without the handle attached.) The part of the knife that extends down & is encased in the handle is called this, like a powdered drink once used by astronauts tang |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | USS INTREPID $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) In March 1965, USS Intrepid recovered astronauts Gus Grissom & John Young after their splashdown in the Atlantic following 3 Earth orbits in the first manned flight in this 2-man NASA program Gemini |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | 1980s CINEMA $800: To prepare for his role as an astronaut in this 1983 film, Jack Nicholson met with real astronauts in Houston Terms of Endearment |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | IT'S A FACT $1000: In 1997 legislation was passed in this state allowing astronauts to vote from outer space Texas |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | LOW-TECH HIGH TECH $1600: In 2013 NASA added a snorkel to astronauts' helmets in case of water buildup during this activity a spacewalk |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $400: Born in Cambridge, Ohio, he served in the Korean War & went on to be a U.S. senator John Glenn |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $800: Scott Carpenter, a Little Rascal as a kid, married Maria Roach, whose dad produced these film shorts about little rascals Our Gang |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $1200: Alan Shepard's many accolades included a Medal of Honor for space & a Langley medal from this institution the Smithsonian |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $1600: Gus Grissom died in a 1967 fire during a simulation of the first launch in this program the Apollo program |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $2000: Usual nickname of Donald Slayton, who was one of the original 7 named in 1959 but didn't make a space flight until 1975 "Deke" |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | NONFICTION $200: Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter & Trudy Cooper are 3 of a title group: the "club" of these men's wives astronauts' wives |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $1200: In May 1963 L. Gordon Cooper became the last of 6 astronauts to fly in this project Mercury |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | IT'S NATIONAL PARK WEEK $4,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, Apollo 14 astronauts trained at the Idaho monument with this four-word name Craters of the Moon |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A MATTER OF SOME GRAVITY $400: NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab puts astronauts in a simulation of this condition that's experienced during space flight zero gravity |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | NAME THE YEAR $1600: The first astronauts walk on the Moon 1969 |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | I NEED SOME SPACE $5,000 (Daily Double): It can be a small pill or a small spacecraft like the Mercury ones used by early astronauts a capsule |
| #6129, aired 2011-04-14 | ALABAMMY BOUND $2,500 (Daily Double): This rocket that took the astronauts to the Moon was conceived & designed in Huntsville the Saturn V rocket |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | SUPER COOPER $800: In 1965 this one of the original 7 U.S. astronauts became the first person to make 2 orbital flights Gordon Cooper |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | LOST IN SPACE $1000: In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier Gene Roddenberry |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | A PIECE OF HISTORY $600: Apollo astronauts collected 841 pounds of these (most are stored at Johnson space center) Moon rocks |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | WEIRD SCIENCE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) The reason why astronauts are taller in space is due to a lessening of this force; the vertebrae separate slightly, allowing for a height increase of 2 inches or more gravity |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | RUSSIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: In the U.S. we have astronauts: in Russia they're called this cosmonauts |
| #5751, aired 2009-09-21 | ASTRONOMY $200: During the course of 5 spacewalks in May 2009, Shuttle astronauts made repairs to this & installed 2 new instruments the Hubble Telescope |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ALMA MATERS $1,500 (Daily Double): This private college in Northern California boasts astronauts Sally Ride & Eileen Collins as alums Stanford University |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | FAB 5 FREDDY $200: Fred Haise was one of the fortunate 3 astronauts to make it home from this April 1970 mission Apollo 13 |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | TOOL TIME $1000: Used by astronauts, a plench is a combination of these 2 tools pliers & wrench |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | POSH & BECKS $800: This billionaire's Virgin Galactic company has space for 250 would-be astronauts--at $200,000 a pop (Richard) Branson |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | THEY HAIL FROM WISCONSIN $800: Deke Slayton of Sparta, Wisconsin was one of the original 7 astronauts in this "planetary" group the Mercury astronauts |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | CATCHING SOME "Z"s $600: 2-word term for the weightlessness experienced by astronauts in orbit zero gravity |
| #5206, aired 2007-04-09 | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th $600: 1959: NASA publicly introduces Messrs. Glenn, Shepard & the rest of this program's 7 astronauts Mercury |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | I'M TOMMY LEE JONES! $1200: The sky was the limit in this 2000 adventure when I joined astronauts Garner & Eastwood for one last mission Space Cowboys |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | JUST ONE WORD... PLASTICS $600: The "bubble" types of this headgear associated with early astronauts were made of GE's Lexan helmets |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | WALLY WORLD $1200: He's the only one of the original 7 astronauts to fly in the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo space programs Wally Schirra |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | SPACE INVADERS $800: After nearly 10 years of continuous occupation by astronauts, it was de-orbited in 2001 the Mir space station |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | MUSICALLY INCLINED $400: Sung by Apollo IX astronauts, this traditional song was one of the first sung in outer space "Happy Birthday" |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $800: Apollo 8 astronauts Borman, Lovell & Anders were the first men to make this circuit & they made 10 of them a lunar orbit |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $800: 1968:
Astronauts Frank Poole,
Heywood Floyd &
Dave Bowman 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | MEN OF THE "C" $2,000 (Daily Double): He was one of 3 taken aboard the U.S.S. Hornet July 24, 1969 & immediately put into quarantine Michael Collins |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | WE WANNA KNOW "Y" $1000: Zholobov & Zudov were cosmonauts, so this shuttle pilot is last alphabetically in the Astronaut Hall of Fame John Young |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS $1600: Born in Grand Rapids in 1935, he perished with fellow astronauts Grissom & White in 1967 (Roger) Chaffee |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $800: In 868 this dynasty produced the world's first block-printed book, but not the drink favored by astronauts Tang |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $200: Physicist Owen Garriott & physician Joe Kerwin were science pilots on missions to this '70s space station Skylab |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $400: John Grunsfeld, grandson of a planetarium designer, flew on the 1999 shuttle mission to repair this the Hubble Space Telescope |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $600: The book "The Right Stuff" describes his 2 personalities as "The Icy Commander" & "Smilin' Al" Alan Shepard |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $800: One of the three men on the mission whose NASA patch is seen here (1 of) James Lovell, Fred Haise, & Jack Swigert |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $1000: On Apollo 11 this man got to say, "OK, Eagle... you guys take care" Michael Collins |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) Astronauts use lots of moist wipes, so plants to be used for long missions are studied to see how they react to this compound alcohol |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | AWARDS $200: Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin & this man were the first astronauts to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Neil Armstrong |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | NASA PRODUCTS $400: For NASA, Black & Decker developed this type of tool to let astronauts work on the moon without needing a wall socket cordless |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | KIDS IN THE 1960s $1200: ...read about the first 7 U.S. astronauts in this '60s NASA program named for the messenger of the Roman gods Mercury |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | LOTS OF SPACE $400: NASA has 134 of these & has no current plan to hire more astronauts |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | OUR FLAG $1000: On July 20, 1969 astronauts first planted the U.S. flag on the Moon in an area called the Sea of this Tranquility |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | ALSO A CHINESE DYNASTY $200: The astronauts drank this orange-flavored breakfast drink Tang |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | SHIPS $2,000 (Daily Double): On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men the crew of Apollo 11 |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Tom Wolfe's award-winning book about our first astronauts, or what he proved he had by penning it The Right Stuff |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | MAN IN SPACE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Johnson Space Center.) I'm in a trainer for this 1973-74 program that tried to find out how weightlessness affected astronauts Skylab |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | ABBREV. $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) Here, astronauts receive important training in this, EVA, for short Extra-vehicular activity |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: She answered an ad in her college paper looking for astronauts, & in 1983 became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | NAMES IN SCIENCE $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) Astronauts trained in neutral buoyancy to prepare for a mission to service this object's 94-inch mirrors Hubble Space Telescope |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | "CH"ITCHAT $1000: In this 1970s bestseller Erich Von Daniken first proposed that alien astronauts visited the Earth "Chariots of the Gods" |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $800: On display are the two space suits that these 2 Apollo 11 astronauts actually wore to walk on the moon Armstrong & Aldrin |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | SPACED OUT $1200: (Hi, my name's Charlie Hobaugh and I'm on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.) This instant orange-flavored drink was popular with kids in the '60s because astronauts used to drink it Tang |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: Among the first women selected to become these in 1978 were Anna Fisher & Shannon Lucid astronauts |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $200: Clint Eastwood directed & starred in this 2000 film that could have been called "Grumpy Old Astronauts" Space Cowboys |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | THE ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME $800: The other Mercury astronauts knew him as "Wally" Wally Schirra |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | "S.C." $400: In this 2000 Clint Eastwood film, a group of prunish astronauts goes into space Space Cowboys |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | IMAX FILMS $1000: Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station Mir |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | IMAX FILMS $800: Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station Mir |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | OLD COMMERCIALS $200: Gemini astronauts drank this orange drink, just like you Tang |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | SPACE EXPLORATION $800: On December 10, 1993 astronauts successfully repaired this while in orbit the Hubble Space Telescope |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | DESTINATION: MOON $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Janet Kavandi, on the Space Shuttle Discovery.) Of the 7 original Mercury astronauts, he's the only one to walk on the Moon Alan Shepard |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | NOVA $400: Mission Control played the song "I Can See Clearly Now" for the astronauts who fixed this object the Hubble Space Telescope |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | ENDURANCE $5,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm astronaut Wendy Lawrence aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Many space shuttle missions have taken U.S. astronauts to the orbiting Russian space station Mir.) This woman who spent six months on Mir in 1996 holds the U.S. astronaut record for consecutive days in space Dr. Shannon Lucid |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Franklin Diaz-Chang, an astronaut on board the Space Shuttle Discovery.) Oct. 1, 1998 is the 40th birthday of this government agency NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SALLY GOES TO SPACE CAMP $400: At space camp, Sally learned astronauts call spacewalks EVAs, which is short for this extravehicular activity |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400 (Daily Double): Of the 7 original Mercury astronauts, he was the only member of the U.S. Marine Corps John Glenn |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | RAYMOND LOEWY DESIGNS $400: After Loewy's design added these to the sides of Skylab, astronauts wanted more & bigger ones windows |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | SPACE MISSIONS $200: All the nicknames of the Mercury capsules ended in this number, honoring the first group of astronauts 7 |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | DECEMBER 25 $100: On Dec. 25, 1973 U.S. astronauts on this space station photographed comet Kohoutek Skylab |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ASTRONAUTS $200: In 1946 Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka was born in Kealakekua in this state Hawaii |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ASTRONAUTS $400: William Anders later served as the first chairman of this government body, the NRC the Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ASTRONAUTS $600: In 1971 this first American in space served as a delegate to the 26th U.N. General Assembly Alan Shepard |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ASTRONAUTS $800: He was capsule communicator for Gemini 5 & 10 before becoming the second to walk on the moon Aldrin |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | ASTRONAUTS $1000: Florida congressman Bill Nelson was the second politician in space; the first was this Utah senator ("Jake") Garn |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $300: This 3-letter phrase meaning that things are favorable was popularized by the U.S. astronauts A-OK |
| #2124, aired 1993-11-25 | THIRTYSOMETHING $400: At 37, this Ohioan was the oldest of the 7 astronauts chosen for the Mercury flights John Glenn |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | SPACE PEOPLE $400: Astronauts Conrad, Kerwin & Weitz made the first flight on this U.S. space station in 1973 Skylab |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | SPACE PEOPLE $800: This first American in space was the only one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts to fly to the Moon Alan Shepard |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | THE 1950s $200: A Carpenter, a Cooper & a Shepard were among this famous septet chosen in 1959 the Mercury Seven astronauts |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | SPACE EXPLORATION $800: 3 crews of 3 astronauts each occupied this U.S. space station in 1973 & 1974 Skylab |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | SPACE EXPLORATION $1000: 3 astronauts & 2 cosmonauts linked up in orbit in this 1975 project Apollo-Soyuz |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | CONTAINERS $300: It can contain astronauts or antihistamines a capsule |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $200: Gus Grissom was the first to make a second flight; James Lovell was the first to fly here twice to the Moon |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $400: This man who was on the Apollo 14 Moon landing was also the first American in space Shepard |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $600: Its first crew of Conrad, Kerwin & Weitz had to repair this station after it had been damaged when sent aloft Skylab |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $800: Robert Crippen has been on 4 shuttle flights: 1 on the first shuttle, Columbia, & 3 on this one Challenger |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $1000: During the October 1984 shuttle mission, Kathryn Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to do this walk in space |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS $600: A spectrohelioscope is used by astronauts to study this body the sun |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SPACE FIRSTS $1,500 (Daily Double): The Russian Voskhod I was the first single ship to fly 3 astronauts; this was the first to fly 4 the space shuttle |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | SPACE EXPLORATION $200: 1 of 3 astronauts to whom Richard Nixon awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 (Neil) Armstrong (or Buzz Aldrin or Michael Collins) |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | SPACE EXPLORATION $800: U.S. astronauts are trained at this center about 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston the Johnson Space Center |
| #1729, aired 1992-02-20 | SPACE EXPLORATION $1000: Although one of the original astronauts, Deke Slayton didn't fly until this joint U.S.-Soviet mission in 1975 the Apollo-Soyuz mission |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | SPACE FLIGHT $600: The lunar module that landed the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon was code named this the Eagle |
| #1574, aired 1991-06-06 | 1978 $500: Victor Hasselblad, inventor of the type of this the astronauts used on the moon, died in August a camera |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | COMETS & ASTEROIDS $1000: In 1973 Skylab astronauts had a chance to study this comet, which appears every 75,000 years Kohoutek |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | NONFICTION $400: In 1980, Tom Wolfe won an American Book Award for this saga of the Mercury astronauts The Right Stuff |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MOVIES $300: This film about the original team of U.S. astronauts was based on a book by Tom Wolfe The Right Stuff |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | RHYMES WITH EEK $500: Donald Kent Slayton's nickname "Deke" (one of our original astronauts) |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | SCIENCE $500: When astronauts talk of "re-entry", this is what they re-enter the atmosphere |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | OHIOANS $200: The 1st American in orbit & the 1st man to step on the Moon were these astronauts from Ohio Glenn & Armstrong |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | COMMON BONDS $200: Kathryn D. Sullivan, Margaret Rhea Seddon & Sally K. Ride astronauts |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | U.S."A"s $200: In 1959 the 1st 7 of these were selected from hundreds of military test pilots the astronauts |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WOMAN IN SPACE $400: All 6 of the 1st class of women astronauts hold a doctorate, but only 2 are this kind of doctor a medical doctor |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MAN IN SPACE $400: In 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott & James Irwin were the 1st to use this battery-powered vehicle lunar rover |
| #1010, aired 1989-01-13 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $600: Hilmers, Covey, Lounge, Hauck & Nelson astronauts on the space shuttle (crew of the Discovery) |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | MAN IN SPACE $1,000 (Daily Double): In names given to the Mercury capsules Friendship 7 &, Faith 7, etc., the "7" meant this number of original Mercury astronauts |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MAN IN SPACE $400: Year in which the 2nd team of U.S. astronauts landed on the Moon 1969 |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | PLACES OF WORSHIP $400: A stained-glass window at Wash. Cathedral contains a piece of this, presented by Apollo 11 astronauts the Moon |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | MAN IN SPACE $400: Craft aboard which U.S. astronauts spent the longest time in space, about 2000 hours Skylab |
| #757, aired 1987-12-15 | TEXTILES $400: Apollo astronauts wore garments made of yarn coated with this DuPont non-stick substance Teflon |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | FASHION $300: Under the layers of teflon-coated yarn & fiber-glass, Apollo astronauts wore a "comfort layer" of this cotton |
| #473, aired 1986-10-01 | PHOBIAS $400: Astrophobia is not a fear of astronauts, but of these stars |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ASTRONAUTS $200: Astronaut who was once a contestant on TV's "Name That Tune" Senator John Glenn |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ASTRONAUTS $400: It was after this lunar module had landed that an astronaut 1st set foot on the moon the Eagle |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ASTRONAUTS $600: A shuttle crew found this toy worked the same in space as on Earth, except for going down stairs Slinky |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ASTRONAUTS $800: Of the original 7 astronauts, 1st in space was Alan Shepard, while he, "Gordo", made last Mercury flight Gordon Cooper |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | ASTRONAUTS $1000: 1st astronaut to go into space a 2nd time, he was killed in a fire preparing for 3rd attempt Gus Grissom |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | GREAT "SCOTT" $500: He went deep in space as 1 of first U.S. astronauts to become a navy deep sea diver Scott Carpenter |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | OHIO $300: This Akron-based company made 1st space suits for astronauts, & 1st radial tires in U.S. Goodrich |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | HODGEPODGE $500: It's affected 48% of U.S. astronauts, including Sen. Garn, who made it his study project motion sickness |
| #309, aired 1985-11-14 | MAN IN SPACE $600: Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong, Collins & Aldrin each also flew in this program Gemini |
| #181, aired 1985-05-20 | 1964 $200: The name for NASA's program to launch pairs of astronauts into space Gemini |
| #160, aired 1985-04-19 | REPUBLICANS $1000: While some astronauts have already become senators, this state's Sen. Garn will be 1st to turn astronaut Utah |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | THE '50s $200: Cooper, Slayton, Grissom, Carpenter, Schirra, Shepard & Glenn the first seven astronauts |
| #100, aired 1985-01-25 | SPACE $500: It lasted 17 days after the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon quarantine (isolation) |
