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Test your basic knowledge |

NASA Space Program

Subjects : trivia, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who was the first human to fly in space?






2. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






3. Who was president when NASA was created?






4. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?






5. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






6. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






7. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?






8. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






9. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?






10. What does NASA stand for?






11. What date did the first American walk in space?






12. Name the 7 original astronauts






13. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?






14. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






15. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






16. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?






17. Name the 7 original astronauts






18. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






19. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






21. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






22. When did the first American orbit the earth?






23. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






24. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






25. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?






26. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


27. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?






28. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?






29. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






30. What were the first words from the moon?


31. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






32. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






33. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






34. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






35. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?






36. What were the first words from the moon?


37. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






38. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?






39. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






40. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?






41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






42. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






43. What date did the first American walk in space?






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






45. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






46. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






47. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?


48. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?


49. Who was president when NASA was created?






50. Why was NASA created?






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