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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. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






4. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






8. What is the LEM?


9. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






21. What date did the first American walk in space?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






29. Why was NASA created?






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






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


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






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






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






35. hen was NASA created?






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






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


39. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






42. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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


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