NASA Space Facts

NASA stands for

• National Aeronautics and Space Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• National Aeronautics Social Administration

• National Aeroplane and Space Administration

Which statement best describes the Mission statement of NASA?

• for space exploration and scientific discovery to explore worlds beyond the Earth

• to develop new ideas and ways to colonize worlds other than Earth

• to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research

• to put a man on the moon before the decade is out

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NASA was created in _____ as a response to _______.

• 1958, Russia launching Sputnik

• 1957, Kennedy saying we need to send a man to the moon

• 1958, the Cold War

• 1959, the Roswell Alien Crash

The first person in space was

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Sheppard

• John Glen

• Gus Grissom

The following is a quote about space "I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of water. The horizon is dark blue, smoothly turning to black. . . the feelings which filled me I can express with one word-joy" who said it

• Alan Sheppard

• John Glenn

• Scott Carpenter

• Yuri Gagarin

First American in space, he broke through the atmosphere

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Gus Grissom

• Walter Schirra

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

The first female in space was

• Sally Ride

• Christa McAuliffe

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Ivanka Grissom

The best pilot that the US had during the formation of NASA was Chuck Yeager why was he not an astronaut?

• He was in the military

• He was a civialian

• He did not have a college degree

• He did not want to join the program

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The first American in orbit was

• Alan Shepard

• John Glen

• Laika the dog

• Ham the monkey