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






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






4. Who was president when NASA was created?






5. When was the first space shuttle launched?






6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






8. When was the Explorer I launched?






9. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






13. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?


14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






16. What is the date the first human flew in space?






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






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






19. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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


21. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






24. Who was the first human to fly in space?






25. What were the first words from the moon?


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






27. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?






28. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






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






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






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






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






33. Who was the first American to walk in space?






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






35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






40. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






41. Who was the first human to fly in space?






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






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


44. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


48. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






49. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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


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