Q 01/05

In what year was NASA established?

A) 1947

B) 1945

C) 1944

D) 1958

Answer · why

D) 1958

NASA was established in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Q 02/05

Who was the first American in space?

A) Alan Shepard

B) John Glenn

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Gus Grissom

Answer · why

A) Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard made a 15-minute suborbital flight on 5 May 1961 and, a decade later at 47, commanded Apollo 14 as the oldest of the Apollo moonwalkers.

Q 03/05

Which NASA program successfully landed humans on the Moon?

A) Skylab

B) Mercury

C) Apollo

D) Gemini

Answer · why

C) Apollo

The program ended with its December 1972 mission; no human has travelled beyond low Earth orbit since.

Q 04/05

What famous space telescope was launched in 1990?

A) James Webb Space Telescope

B) Chandra X-ray Observatory

C) Spitzer Space Telescope

D) Hubble Space Telescope

Answer · why

D) Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope went up with a mirror ground to the wrong shape; a 1993 shuttle repair fitted corrective optics, and it is still working de...

Q 05/05

Which rocket launched Artemis I on its uncrewed trip around the Moon in November 2022?

A) Falcon Heavy

B) Space Launch System

C) Saturn V

D) Delta IV Heavy

Answer · why

B) Space Launch System

The Space Launch System made its debut on 16 November 2022, lifting the uncrewed Artemis I capsule from Kennedy's Pad 39B toward the Moon on its first...