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






2. Name the 7 original astronauts






3. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






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






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






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






12. What does NASA stand for?






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






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






17. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






27. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?






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






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






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






34. Why was NASA created?






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






44. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






50. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?