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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. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






5. Why was NASA created?






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






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


8. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






11. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


20. Name the 7 original astronauts






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






24. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What does NASA stand for?






35. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






38. hen was NASA created?






39. What is the LEM?


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






41. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






44. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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






48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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