NASA

What does NASA stand for?

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• New Aeroplane Science Administration

• National Aeronautics and Science Administration

• Native American Space Administration

Which US president launched NASA in an attempt to help the US compete in the space race?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

The image shown is the ______.

• command center

• service module

• saturn rocket

• lunar module

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Bud Collins

The first person in space was

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Sheppard

• John Glen

• Gus Grissom

These seven original American astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. What was the program called they were in?

• Mercury

• Atlas

• Redstone

• Apollo

Goal is to put one person into space. This was the _____ Program

• Apollo

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Redstone

The main objective was to land a person on the moon. The program was called ___________.

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Apollo

• Redstone

Which Apollo mission was the first to send men to walk on the moon?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 9

• Apollo 7

• Apollo 11

Which U.S. President gave a speech at Rice University in 1962 setting the deadline of reaching the moon by the end of the decade?

• Robert Kennedy

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter