spaceflight

WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  

• NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
• NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
• NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL

WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DID THE U.S. USE TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE BEFORE HUMANS ?  

• CATS
• MONKEYS
• SNAKES
• DOGS

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

1.  What was the name of the first American in space?

• John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong
• Yuri Gagarin
• Alan B. Shepherd

Who were the first two men to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong and John Glenn
• John Glenn and Michael Collins
• Buzz Aldridge and John Glenn
• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldridge

Why was the Space Shuttle significant?

• It was to be reused for space exploration.
• It was to explore Mars.
• It made it to the moon in record time.
• It was the only spacecraft that survived an encounter with the sun.

Some places in the universe are too distant for humans to observe directly. Which of these technologies is used to observe the distant places?

• Rocket
• Probe
• Space shuttle
• Space station

Exploration beyond the moon has been done by

• space probes with no human crew

• astronauts in space shuttles

• space probes with human crews

• the International Space Station

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin