What was the name of the first American satellite launched into space?
a) Explorer 1
b) Freedom 7
c) Vanguard 1
d) Mercury-Redstone 1
Answer: a) Explorer 1
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
a) Alan Shepard
b) John Glenn
c) Neil Armstrong
d) Buzz Aldrin
Answer: b) John Glenn
Which mission marked the first successful landing of humans on the Moon?
a) Apollo 8
b) Apollo 10
c) Apollo 11
d) Apollo 13
Answer: c) Apollo 11
What was the name of the space shuttle that tragically disintegrated during re-entry in 2003?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
Answer: b) Columbia
Which space telescope was launched by NASA in 1990 and provided breathtaking images of the universe?
a) Hubble Space Telescope
b) Kepler Space Telescope
c) James Webb Space Telescope
d) Chandra X-ray Observatory
Answer: a) Hubble Space Telescope
Who was the first American woman to travel to space?
a) Sally Ride
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Eileen Collins
d) Mae Jemison
Answer: a) Sally Ride
Which Mars rover successfully landed on the Martian surface in 2012 to search for signs of past life?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: c) Curiosity
What was the name of the first space station launched by the United States in 1973?
a) Mir
b) Skylab
c) Salyut 1
d) ISS
Answer: b) Skylab
Which astronaut holds the record for the longest cumulative time spent in space by a US astronaut?
a) Chris Hadfield
b) Scott Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Michael López-Alegría
Answer: b) Scott Kelly
What was the name of the first reusable spacecraft developed by NASA?
a) Mercury
b) Gemini
c) Apollo
d) Space Shuttle
Answer: d) Space Shuttle
Who was the second person to walk on the Moon, after Neil Armstrong?
a) Alan Shepard
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) John Glenn
d) Pete Conrad
Answer: b) Buzz Aldrin
Which NASA space telescope is set to be launched to study the universe’s first galaxies and the origins of stars and planets?
a) Hubble Space Telescope
b) James Webb Space Telescope
c) Chandra X-ray Observatory
d) Kepler Space Telescope
Answer: b) James Webb Space Telescope
What was the purpose of the Apollo 13 mission, which became famous for the phrase “Houston, we have a problem”?
a) To land on the Moon
b) To orbit Earth
c) To explore Mars
d) To study Venus
Answer: a) To land on the Moon
Which space agency is responsible for the US civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) Roscosmos
d) CNSA
Answer: a) NASA
Who was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) Michael Collins
d) Alan Shepard
Answer: c) Michael Collins
What was the name of the first American space station launched as part of the Skylab program?
a) Salyut
b) Mir
c) Spacelab
d) Skylab
Answer: d) Skylab
Which mission marked the last time humans traveled to the Moon’s surface?
a) Apollo 15
b) Apollo 17
c) Apollo 13
d) Apollo 8
Answer: b) Apollo 17
Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk?
a) Yuri Gagarin
b) Alexei Leonov
c) Alan Shepard
d) Ed White
Answer: d) Ed White
What was the name of the first space shuttle to fly in space?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Enterprise
Answer: d) Enterprise
Which Mars rover was designed to search for signs of water and potential habitats for past Martian life?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: b) Opportunity
Who was the first American to conduct a spacewalk (extravehicular activity or EVA)?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) Alan Shepard
d) Ed White
Answer: d) Ed White
What was the name of the mission that successfully landed the rover Perseverance on Mars in 2021?
a) Mars Science Laboratory
b) Mars Pathfinder
c) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
d) Mars 2020
Answer: d) Mars 2020
Which spacecraft carried the first American, Alan Shepard, into space in 1961?
a) Gemini 3
b) Freedom 7
c) Friendship 7
d) Liberty 1
Answer: b) Freedom 7
What was the name of the space shuttle that tragically exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
Answer: a) Challenger
Who was the first American woman to conduct a spacewalk (extravehicular activity or EVA)?
a) Sally Ride
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Kathryn Sullivan
Answer: d) Kathryn Sullivan
What was the primary goal of the Mercury program, the first human spaceflight program of the United States?
a) Landing on the Moon
b) Developing reusable spacecraft
c) Studying Mars
d) Putting humans into space and orbiting Earth
Answer: d) Putting humans into space and orbiting Earth
Which space telescope, launched in 2009, was designed to discover Earth-like exoplanets orbiting other stars?
a) Hubble Space Telescope
b) Kepler Space Telescope
c) James Webb Space Telescope
d) Chandra X-ray Observatory
Answer: b) Kepler Space Telescope
What was the name of the last manned mission to the Moon?
a) Apollo 11
b) Apollo 17
c) Apollo 13
d) Apollo 15
Answer: b) Apollo 17
Which space agency collaborated with NASA on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international human spaceflight mission?
a) ESA
b) Roscosmos
c) CNSA
d) Soviet space program
Answer: b) Roscosmos
What was the name of the first space shuttle orbiter to fly into space?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
Answer: b) Columbia
Which mission marked the first successful landing of humans on the Moon?
a) Apollo 8
b) Apollo 10
c) Apollo 11
d) Apollo 13
Answer: c) Apollo 11
What was the name of the space shuttle that tragically disintegrated during re-entry in 2003?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
Answer: b) Columbia
Which Mars rover successfully landed on the Martian surface in 2012 to search for signs of past life?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: c) Curiosity
What was the name of the first space station launched by the United States in 1973?
a) Mir
b) Skylab
c) Salyut 1
d) ISS
Answer: b) Skylab
Which astronaut holds the record for the longest cumulative time spent in space by a US astronaut?
a) Chris Hadfield
b) Scott Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Michael López-Alegría
Answer: b) Scott Kelly
What was the name of the first reusable spacecraft developed by NASA?
a) Mercury
b) Gemini
c) Apollo
d) Space Shuttle
Answer: d) Space Shuttle
Who was the second person to walk on the Moon, after Neil Armstrong?
a) Alan Shepard
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) John Glenn
d) Pete Conrad
Answer: b) Buzz Aldrin
Which NASA space telescope is set to be launched to study the universe’s first galaxies and the origins of stars and planets?
a) Hubble Space Telescope
b) James Webb Space Telescope
c) Chandra X-ray Observatory
d) Kepler Space Telescope
Answer: b) James Webb Space Telescope
What was the purpose of the Apollo 13 mission, which became famous for the phrase “Houston, we have a problem”?
a) To land on the Moon
b) To orbit Earth
c) To explore Mars
d) To study Venus
Answer: a) To land on the Moon
Which space agency is responsible for the US civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) Roscosmos
d) CNSA
Answer: a) NASA
Who was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) Michael Collins
d) Alan Shepard
Answer: c) Michael Collins
What was the name of the first American space station launched as part of the Skylab program?
a) Salyut
b) Mir
c) Spacelab
d) Skylab
Answer: d) Skylab
Which mission marked the last time humans traveled to the Moon’s surface?
a) Apollo 15
b) Apollo 17
c) Apollo 13
d) Apollo 8
Answer: b) Apollo 17
Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk?
a) Yuri Gagarin
b) Alexei Leonov
c) Alan Shepard
d) Ed White
Answer: d) Ed White
What was the name of the first space shuttle to fly in space?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Enterprise
Answer: d) Enterprise
Which Mars rover was designed to search for signs of water and potential habitats for past Martian life?
a) Spirit
b) Opportunity
c) Curiosity
d) Perseverance
Answer: b) Opportunity
Who was the first American to conduct a spacewalk (extravehicular activity or EVA)?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) Alan Shepard
d) Ed White
Answer: d) Ed White
What was the name of the mission that successfully landed the rover Perseverance on Mars in 2021?
a) Mars Science Laboratory
b) Mars Pathfinder
c) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
d) Mars 2020
Answer: d) Mars 2020
Which spacecraft carried the first American, Alan Shepard, into space in 1961?
a) Gemini 3
b) Freedom 7
c) Friendship 7
d) Liberty 1
Answer: b) Freedom 7
What was the name of the space shuttle that tragically exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986?
a) Challenger
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Atlantis
Answer: a) Challenger
