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Exploring NASA

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does NASA stand for?

a)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

b)

National Aerospace and Space Agency

c)

National Aeronautics and Science Association

d)

National Astronomy and Space Administration

2.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Buzz Aldrin

3.

What was the name of NASA's first major program?

a)

Project Mercury

b)

Apollo Program

c)

Space Shuttle Program

d)

Mars Rover Program

4.

Which astronauts were the first humans to walk on the Moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

b)

John Glenn and Alan Shepard

c)

Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin

d)

Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins

5.

What is the purpose of NASA's Space Shuttle program?

a)

To allow astronauts to travel to space repeatedly using the same spacecraft

b)

To send rovers to Mars

c)

To develop new rockets for future missions

d)

To study distant galaxies with telescopes

6.

Which of the following is a fun fact about NASA?

a)

NASA's images and research are available to the public for free

b)

NASA only studies the Moon

c)

NASA's main focus is on building airplanes

d)

NASA does not use robots in space exploration

7.

What is the primary goal of NASA's Mars Rover missions?

a)

To search for signs of past life on Mars

b)

To establish a human colony on Mars

c)

To mine resources from Mars

d)

To build a space station on Mars

8.

Which NASA mission was the first to land a human on the Moon?

a)

Apollo 11

b)

Apollo 13

c)

Apollo 8

d)

Apollo 17

9.

What is the name of NASA's telescope that has provided deep space images since 1990?

a)

Spitzer Space Telescope

b)

Hubble Space Telescope

c)

James Webb Space Telescope

d)

Chandra X-ray Observatory

10.

What is the I.S.S.?

a)

In School Suspension

b)

The Informal Sleep Schedule

c)

The International School of the Southern Skies

d)

The International Space Station