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WorksheetsUS Space Program
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
In 1958, the official American space agency was created....what is it called?
FAFSA
USSA
NASA
MERCURY
Which POTUS set the goal of putting an American on the Moon by the end of the 1960's?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
First American in space?
Alan B. Shepherd
John Glenn
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Lightyear
First American to orbit Earth?
Alan B. Shepherd
John Glenn
Buzz Lightyear
Neil Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Which Apollo mission reached the goal of putting men on the Moon?
Apollo 7
Apollo V
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
TOUGH ONE: how many NASA missions successfully put men on the Moon?
11
6
7
4
9
Who was the first American woman in space?
Amelia Earhart
Christa McAuliffe
Sally Ride
Susan B. Anthony
Margaret Thatcher
Which US Space Shuttle (1986) ended in an explosive tragedy 73 seconds after liftoff?
Challenger
Apollo
Hubble
Enterprise
Columbia
Why might the US need a "Space Force"?
to defend against alien attacks.
to protect US satellites
to help with unemployment
to develop new space technologies
Number of "working" American satellites currently orbiting Earth?
1776
308
803
420
7
Period of US / USSR hostility, but never fought militarily
Cold War
NATO
Soviet Union
Communism
The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957.
Apollo 11
Soviet Union
NATO
Sputnik
Only _________ can create a new branch of the US military.
the President
the Congress
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
the Pentagon
the Department of Defense
What was the last new military branch created in the US?
US Coast Guard
US Air Force
US Navy SEALS
US Merchant Marine
US Space Force
