SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
NASA Space Program
Start Test
Study First
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 was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
1962
Apollo 10
1958
2. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
John F. Kennedy
April 12 - 1981
3
3. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
John Glenn
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
4. Name the 7 original astronauts
April 12 - 1981
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Project Gemini
Yuri Garagin
5. What were the first words from the moon?
6. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
1962
...
Oxygen tank burst
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
8. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
John Glenn
3
6
9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
7
10. What date did the first American walk in space?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
7
Project Gemini
June 3 - 1965
11. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
John Glenn
Project Mercury
1958
12. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Friendship Capsule
Friendship Capsule
Ed White
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
13. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
14. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Project Mercury
Apollo 10
Russia
July 20 - 1969
15. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Oxygen tank burst
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
John F. Kennedy
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
16. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
December 21 - 1968
6
Friendship Capsule
7
17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Apollo 11
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
November 3 - 1957
Ed White
18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
November 3 - 1957
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 11
19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Russia
John F. Kennedy
April 12 - 1961
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
20. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Russia
147 hrs - 42 secs.
21. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
April 12 - 1981
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Oxygen tank burst
7
22. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
23. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Gemini
Ed White
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
24. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
April 12 - 1981
John Glenn
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
25. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
26. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
John Glenn
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
27. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Gemini
28. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
1958
Sputnik
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Oxygen tank burst
29. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Oxygen tank burst
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
30. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Yuri Garagin
January 31 - 1958
1962
Apollo 8
31. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
December 21 - 1968
November 3 - 1957
1962
32. What were the first words from the moon?
33. What is the LEM?
34. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
April 12 - 1961
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
58 cm in diameter
35. What is the LEM?
36. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
November 3 - 1957
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
ST51
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Apollo 11
John F. Kennedy
38. What does NASA stand for?
Russia
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
April 12 - 1961
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
39. What does NASA stand for?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
John F. Kennedy
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
40. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Mercury
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
147 hrs - 42 secs.
January 31 - 1958
41. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Apollo 8
42. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
Apollo 10
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Sputnik
43. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
58 cm in diameter
1958
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
44. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
October 4 - 1957
Friendship Capsule
Lengthened;
45. What date did the first American walk in space?
Friendship Capsule
June 3 - 1965
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
46. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
October 4 - 1957
April 12 - 1981
47. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1961
Lengthened;
6
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
48. Who was the first human to fly in space?
58 cm in diameter
Oxygen tank burst
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Yuri Garagin
49. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Russia
John Glenn
November 3 - 1957
ST51
50. hen was NASA created?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 8
1958
58 cm in diameter