NASA

• Question 1 out of 13

  Which NASA led program led to the United States’ first crewed space flight?

  Apollo

  Serenity

  Endeavor

  Mercury

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• Question 2 out of 13

  NASA was built on an existing government agency that had been doing space and rocketry research in the 1940s and 1950s. What was that agency?

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

  Earth Defense Force (EDF)

  Space Force (SF)

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• Question 3 out of 13

  What species was the first living being launched into space by the U.S.?

  Dog

  Cat

  Monkey

  Guinea Pig

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• Question 4 out of 13

  The Apollo 13 mission was aborted for what reason?

  A short circuit caused an explosion that left the craft with insufficient battery power.

  A micrometeor strike punctured the command module.

  The heat shield was torn away at launch, making it likely the craft would overheat on re-entry.

  The space craft exploded upon liftoff.

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• Question 5 out of 13

  In 1961, who became the first American to travel to space?

  Buzz Aldrin

  Neil Armstrong

  Alan Shepard

  Jim Lovell

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• Question 6 out of 13

  Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, but who was the first American woman in space?

  Linda M. Goodwin

  Sally Ride

  Mae C. Jemison

  Shannon Lucid

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• Question 7 out of 13

  What year did the space shuttle Challenger disintegrate shortly after launch?

  1999

  1979

  1968

  1986

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• Question 8 out of 13

  When NASA selected the first astronauts in 1959, they had to meet a very specific physical requirement. What was it?

  They had to be able to deadlift 250 pounds (113 kilograms).

  They had to be 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) or shorter.

  They had to weigh 180 pounds or less.

  They had to have brown eyes.

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• Question 9 out of 13

  What was the goal of Project Gemini, which ran from 1961 to 1966?

  To put an astronaut into orbit around Venus

  To make astronomical observations from beyond Earth’s atmosphere

  To land on Mars

  To test and refine the equipment and techniques necessary to accomplish the planned moon missions

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• Question 10 out of 13

  What was the first mission to successfully land men on the moon called?

  Apollo 3

  Apollo 10

  Apollo 11

  Apollo 13

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• Question 11 out of 13

  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are famously the first two men to walk on the moon. Who was the other crew member who flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the surface of the moon?

  Jim Lovell

  John Glenn

  Gus Grissom

  Michael Collins

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• Question 12 out of 13

  Who was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962?

  Alan Shepard

  John Glenn

  Scott Carpenter

  Deke Slayton

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• Question 13 out of 13

  Referred to as the “cradle of astronauts” for good reason, nearly a third of all U.S. spaceflights have featured a graduate of what university?

  Illinois University

  Stanford University

  University of California, Berkeley

  Purdue University

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