NASA Human Space Flight

NASA stands for

• National Aeronautics and Space Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• National Aeronautics Social Administration

• National Aeroplane and Space Administration

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

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

What is the difference between Cosmonauts and Astronauts?

• Nothing but County

• The Cosmonauts filled up the cosmos while the astronauts were trying to reach the moon

• Cosmonauts studied the cosmos while Astronauts studied astronomy

The Space Race was won by

• The US

• The Soviet Union

• The Russians

• No One

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

• Apollo

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Redstone

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Did Laika survive its trip into space

• Yes

• No

The first american to orbit the Earth was

• Alan Sheppard

• Neil Armstron

• Gus Grissom

• John Glenn