NASA Space Missions

Which of the following NASA programs resulted in the first humans walking on the moon?

• Gemini

• Mercury

• Skylab

• Apollo

Some scientists are planning a manned space mission to Mars. How will the astronauts get there?

• A space station

• A probe

• A space ship

• A satellite

Exploration has been a large part of human history. In the mid 1900's, humans developed technology which made the exploration of space possible. Which countries were the world leaders in space exploration throughout the 1960’s?

• United States and Soviet Union

• United States and China

• Japan and Soviet Union

• Germany and United States

Human achievements in space travel have been well documented for the past 70 years. Which of the following events would best complete the timeline of space achievements? Satellites sent into space, animals sent into space on spacecraft, ______________, humans walk on the moon, spacecraft land on Mars.

• satellite takes pictures of the sun

• humans orbit earth in spacecraft

• NASA is created

• Soviet Union sends Sputnik into space

Which mission took this picture?

• Apollo 8

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 1

• Apollo 13

What was the first mission to land men on the moon and get back to Earth safely?

• apollo 11

• apollo 8

• apollo 17

• apollo 13

• apollo 15

The _________ Probe Explored Mercury, and it is Named after the type of God Mercury Represents in Roman Mythology.

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Who had the spacecraft named Apollo 11?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

What was the Apollo Project?

• A series of space flights dedicated to getting American astronauts to the moon.

• A series of rockets designed to go to the Sun.

• A class of astronauts who graduated from MIT.

• An unpublished Percy Jackson novel.

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How many manned Apollo missions were there?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14