Astronomy/ Space programs

What does NASA stand for?

• Naval Astronaut Space Analysis
• National Aerospace Science Administration
• National Aeronautics Space Administration
• National Administration of Space Advancement

The name of the first landing module on the moon was 

• Apollo 11.
• Sputnik 1.
• Eagle.
• V2.

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Who was the first human to orbit Earth?

• Yuri Gagarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Alan Shepard
• John Glenn

These are the missions created for moon exploration.

• Mercury
• Apollo
• Sputnik 1
• NASA

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Which of the following does NOT support the big bang theory?

• pulsars
• cosmic background radiation
• redshift of light from all galaxies
• high number of lighter elements compared to heavier elements

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Your science teacher tells you to go home and look for the Andromeda Galaxy. It is our closest galaxy 2.5 million light years away. Which statement is true about time and light?

• You are looking into the future! light from 2.5 million years in the future
• You are looking back in time! light from 2.5 million years ago
• You are seeing the brightest galaxy in the sky
• You are looking back in time! light from 5 million years ago

Sunspots appear dark because they are ____.

• relatively cool
• relatively hot
• deep holes
• solid areas

Which part of the sun is the "color" layer of the sun?

• photosphere
• chromosphere
• corona
• ionosphere

What were the goals of the Gemini program?

• land at a preselected place on land

• have man orbit the Earth of 2 week deration

• dock with another vehicle in space

• land man on the moon

Which flights had loss of life?

• Apollo 1

• Columbia

• Challenger

• Gemini IV

• Apollo 13