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

His 15-minute suborbital hop in Freedom 7 came three weeks after the Soviets' first flight; a decade later, at 47, he became the oldest person to walk...

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 was launched into low Earth orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990, becoming a cornerstone of astronomical ...

Q 05/05

What is NASA's current program to return humans to the Moon and establish a sustainable presence?

A) Orion

B) Gateway

C) Artemis

D) Constellation

Answer · why

C) Artemis

Its first test flight sent an uncrewed capsule around the Moon in November 2022.