Who was the first American woman to fly in space?
a) Sally Ride
b) Mae Jemison
c) Judith Resnik
d) Christa McAuliffe
Answer: a) Sally Ride
Which astronaut was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, the first successful moon landing?
a) John Young
b) Alan Shepard
c) Neil Armstrong
d) Michael Collins
Answer: c) Neil Armstrong
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
a) John Glenn
b) Alan Shepard
c) Gus Grissom
d) Buzz Aldrin
Answer: a) John Glenn
Which astronaut became the oldest person to fly in space?
a) John Glenn
b) Scott Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Buzz Aldrin
Answer: a) John Glenn
Who was the astronaut known for playing his saxophone in space?
a) Chris Hadfield
b) Ron McNair
c) Wally Schirra
d) Charles Bolden
Answer: a) Chris Hadfield
Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk (EVA)?
a) Gene Cernan
b) Ed White
c) Gordon Cooper
d) Deke Slayton
Answer: b) Ed White
Which astronaut was the first person to fly in space twice?
a) Gus Grissom
b) John Young
c) Alan Shepard
d) James Lovell
Answer: c) Alan Shepard
Who was the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission?
a) Gus Grissom
b) Jim Lovell
c) Alan Bean
d) Deke Slayton
Answer: a) Gus Grissom
Who was the first African American woman in space?
a) Mae Jemison
b) Guion Bluford
c) Robert Lawrence
d) Charles Bolden
Answer: b) Guion Bluford
Which astronaut was a member of the “Mercury Seven” group, the first group of American astronauts?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) John Glenn
c) Alan Shepard
d) Jim Lovell
Answer: c) Alan Shepard
Who was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, known for the quote “Houston, we’ve had a problem”?
a) Jim Lovell
b) Alan Bean
c) Pete Conrad
d) Gene Cernan
Answer: a) Jim Lovell
Who was the first American to spend nearly a year in space continuously?
a) Scott Kelly
b) Mark Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Chris Hadfield
Answer: a) Scott Kelly
Who was the commander of the final space shuttle mission (STS-135)?
a) Chris Ferguson
b) Eileen Collins
c) John Young
d) Mark Kelly
Answer: a) Chris Ferguson
Which astronaut conducted the first American spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission?
a) Gus Grissom
b) Ed White
c) John Young
d) Charles Conrad
Answer: b) Ed White
Who was the first American to orbit the Moon during the Apollo 8 mission?
a) Frank Borman
b) Jim Lovell
c) Alan Shepard
d) John Glenn
Answer: a) Frank Borman
Who was the first American woman to walk in space (EVA)?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Sally Ride
c) Mae Jemison
d) Kathryn Sullivan
Answer: d) Kathryn Sullivan
Which astronaut was the commander of the first shuttle mission (STS-1)?
a) John Young
b) Joe Engle
c) Bob Crippen
d) Alan Shepard
Answer: c) Bob Crippen
Who was the first American to perform a spacewalk outside of a space shuttle?
a) John Young
b) Bruce McCandless
c) Gene Cernan
d) Bob Crippen
Answer: b) Bruce McCandless
Who was the first American to fly in space twice on a different type of spacecraft (Mercury and Gemini)?
a) Gus Grissom
b) John Glenn
c) Wally Schirra
d) Gordon Cooper
Answer: c) Wally Schirra
Which astronaut was the first person to fly in space four times?
a) John Young
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) Charles Bolden
d) Jim Lovell
Answer: a) John Young
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in a space capsule?
a) Gus Grissom
b) John Glenn
c) Alan Shepard
d) Scott Carpenter
Answer: c) Alan Shepard
Which astronaut was the first American to perform a spacewalk during the Gemini program?
a) Buzz Aldrin
b) Gene Cernan
c) Ed White
d) James Irwin
Answer: c) Ed White
Who was the first American to fly in space after the Challenger disaster?
a) John Young
b) Jim Lovell
c) Sally Ride
d) Bob Crippen
Answer: a) John Young
Which astronaut was the first to fly on both the Space Shuttle and the Soyuz spacecraft?
a) John Young
b) Scott Kelly
c) Chris Hadfield
d) Charles Bolden
Answer: b) Scott Kelly
Who was the first American woman to pilot a space shuttle mission?
a) Eileen Collins
b) Mae Jemison
c) Judith Resnik
d) Sally Ride
Answer: a) Eileen Collins
Which astronaut was the first to make six spaceflights?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) John Young
c) Jerry Ross
d) Scott Kelly
Answer: c) Jerry Ross
Who was the first American astronaut to fly in space after the Apollo program?
a) John Young
b) Alan Shepard
c) Bob Crippen
d) Vance Brand
Answer: b) Alan Shepard
Which astronaut holds the record for the longest cumulative time spent in space by an American?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Scott Kelly
c) Chris Hadfield
d) Mark Kelly
Answer: a) Peggy Whitson
Who was the first American astronaut to walk on the Moon?
a) Alan Shepard
b) Buzz Aldrin
c) John Young
d) Neil Armstrong
Answer: d) Neil Armstrong
Which astronaut served as the pilot of the first shuttle mission (STS-1)?
a) Robert Crippen
b) Sally Ride
c) John Young
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: a) Robert Crippen
Who was the first American to fly in space twice on a space shuttle?
a) John Young
b) Sally Ride
c) Bob Crippen
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: a) John Young
Which astronaut was the first to fly on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS)?
a) John Young
b) Peggy Whitson
c) Scott Kelly
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: b) Peggy Whitson
Who was the commander of the first shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster (STS-26)?
a) Richard Truly
b) John Young
c) Eileen Collins
d) Robert Crippen
Answer: a) Richard Truly
Which astronaut was the first person to fly on six space shuttle missions?
a) Jerry Ross
b) Scott Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Chris Hadfield
Answer: a) Jerry Ross
Who was the commander of the first shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir (STS-71)?
a) Eileen Collins
b) John Blaha
c) Charles Bolden
d) Robert Gibson
Answer: d) Robert Gibson
Which astronaut became the first American to command the International Space Station (ISS)?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Scott Kelly
c) Eileen Collins
d) Chris Hadfield
Answer: a) Peggy Whitson
Who was the first American woman to perform a spacewalk (EVA)?
a) Sally Ride
b) Peggy Whitson
c) Kathy Sullivan
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: c) Kathy Sullivan
Which astronaut was the first person to fly on both the Space Shuttle and a commercial spacecraft (SpaceX’s Crew Dragon)?
a) Scott Kelly
b) Robert Behnken
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: b) Robert Behnken
Who was the commander of the first all-female spacewalk (EVA)?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Christina Koch
c) Eileen Collins
d) Mae Jemison
Answer: b) Christina Koch
Which astronaut holds the record for the most spacewalks by an American?
a) Scott Kelly
b) Peggy Whitson
c) Jerry Ross
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: c) Jerry Ross
Who was the first American astronaut to fly on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft?
a) John Young
b) Peggy Whitson
c) Deke Slayton
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: c) Deke Slayton
Which astronaut was the first person to fly in space after recovering from cancer?
a) Eileen Collins
b) John Young
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Jerry Ross
Answer: a) Eileen Collins
Who was the first astronaut to represent the United States on the Russian space station Mir?
a) Shannon Lucid
b) John Blaha
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Jerry Ross
Answer: a) Shannon Lucid
Which astronaut was the first American to travel to space as a private citizen (not a government employee)?
a) Dennis Tito
b) John Glenn
c) Alan Shepard
d) Mae Jemison
Answer: a) Dennis Tito
Who was the first person to fly in space twice on a commercial spacecraft (SpaceX’s Crew Dragon)?
a) Chris Cassidy
b) Robert Behnken
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: b) Robert Behnken
Which astronaut holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by an American?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Scott Kelly
c) Chris Hadfield
d) Eileen Collins
Answer: b) Scott Kelly
Who was the first African American astronaut in space?
a) Guion Bluford
b) Mae Jemison
c) Ron McNair
d) Charles Bolden
Answer: a) Guion Bluford
Which astronaut was the first American to fly in space on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft?
a) Chris Hadfield
b) Scott Kelly
c) Peggy Whitson
d) Charles Bolden
Answer: c) Peggy Whitson
Who was the first astronaut to conduct a spacewalk on the ISS?
a) Peggy Whitson
b) Michael Lopez-Alegria
c) Eileen Collins
d) Chris Hadfield
Answer: b) Michael Lopez-Alegria
Which astronaut was the first person to fly in space after the Columbia disaster?
a) Eileen Collins
b) Peggy Whitson
c) Chris Hadfield
d) John Young
Answer: a) Eileen Collins
