Test your basic knowledge |

NASA Space Program

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






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






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


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






5. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






11. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






15. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






17. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






18. What does NASA stand for?






19. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






22. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






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






24. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






26. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






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






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






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






33. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






36. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?






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






38. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






39. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?






40. Name the 7 original astronauts






41. What is the LEM?


42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






44. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






46. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






47. When was the Explorer I launched?






48. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






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






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