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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. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






5. What was the name of 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. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Why was NASA created?






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






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






27. What is the LEM?


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






44. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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