SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
NASA Space Program
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
science
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Name the 7 original astronauts
January 31 - 1958
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Russia
2. Why was NASA created?
Apollo 10
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Friendship Capsule
7
3. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Lengthened;
Project Gemini
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
4. Name the 7 original astronauts
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
April 12 - 1961
58 cm in diameter
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
5. When was the first space shuttle launched?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Gemini
April 12 - 1981
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
6. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Project Mercury
Oxygen tank burst
147 hrs - 42 secs.
3
7. Why was NASA created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Sputnik
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
October 4 - 1957
8. hen was NASA created?
Apollo 11
1958
April 12 - 1961
Project Mercury
9. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Russia
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 8
Russia
10. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
April 12 - 1961
6
Russia
11. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
John F. Kennedy
3
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
12. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Friendship Capsule
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Lengthened;
13. What is the date the first human flew in space?
John F. Kennedy
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Russia
April 12 - 1961
14. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Apollo 10
Friendship Capsule
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
15. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Russia
April 12 - 1981
Friendship Capsule
ST51
16. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
1958
Sputnik
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
17. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Russia
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
ST51
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Lengthened;
October 4 - 1957
19. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
Project Gemini
Odyssey; Aquarios
1958
20. What date did the first American walk in space?
1962
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
21. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
...
6
October 4 - 1957
147 hrs - 42 secs.
22. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Apollo 10
December 21 - 1968
Odyssey; Aquarios
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
23. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
24. What is the date the first human flew in space?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
April 12 - 1961
1962
Apollo 10
25. What is the LEM?
26. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
Project Mercury
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 10
27. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
58 cm in diameter
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
28. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
April 12 - 1961
Project Mercury
58 cm in diameter
29. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Odyssey; Aquarios
April 12 - 1981
Project Gemini
Apollo 10
30. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Oxygen tank burst
31. What is the LEM?
32. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
Russia
58 cm in diameter
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
33. What were the first words from the moon?
34. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 11
7
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
35. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
Apollo 8
Yuri Garagin
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
36. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
3
6
July 20 - 1969
37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
December 21 - 1968
Project Mercury
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
April 12 - 1961
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
June 3 - 1965
39. What does NASA stand for?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Odyssey; Aquarios
Sputnik
40. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
ST51
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
3
41. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
42. When was the Explorer I launched?
Apollo 10
Project Gemini
1962
January 31 - 1958
43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Russia
April 12 - 1961
July 20 - 1969
44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
October 4 - 1957
Russia
Oxygen tank burst
45. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Odyssey; Aquarios
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
46. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
3
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
ST51
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
47. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
...
Lengthened;
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
48. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
7
Odyssey; Aquarios
December 21 - 1968
147 hrs - 42 secs.
49. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Russia
December 21 - 1968
John Glenn
50. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Lengthened;
1958
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
John Glenn