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What American President officially created N.A.S.A. in 1958?
Harry Truman
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
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What does the acronym N.A.S.A. stand for?
Now and Always, Strive Ahead
Nationalized Aircraft and Spacecraft Architects
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nineteen Administrators Seek Astra
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Throughout the late Fifties and the Sixties, N.A.S.A. acted in heated competition with the Soviet Space Program during a time period known as what?
The Great Leap Forward
The Progressive Era
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Space Race
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The Soviet Union inspired the creation of N.A.S.A. after the Soviet Space Program launched what famous first artificial satellite into space during 1957?
Masimus
Gostin
Vladistok
Sputnik
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N.A.S.A.'s name for their space explorers was which of the following?
Verinauts
Spyranauts
Astronauts
Cosmonauts
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N.A.S.A.'s scientific progress was based upon the work of what American inventor who built and tested the world's first liquid-powered rockets?
Samuel Morse
Robert Goddard
Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
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What American president in 1961 called for America to put a man on the moon by the decade's end in a move that would forever change N.A.S.A. history?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Baines Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
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In 1961, what astronaut became the first American to enter outer space?
Luther Pike
Alexei Lavrov
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
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What Soviet cosmonaut challenged N.A.S.A.'s astronauts by becoming the first man to enter outer space?
Pavel Belyayev
Gherman Titov
Yuri Gagarin
Alexei Lavrov
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What is the name of the infamous Nazi rocket scientist who was brought into N.A.S.A. to help create the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that would eventually allow Americans to reach the moon?
Joseph Mengele
Otto Skorzeny
Wernher von Braun
Joseph Goebbels
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Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan were important figures in N.A.S.A. history who did which of the following to help advance rocket science?
They invented thermal shields for modern rockets.
The lobbied Congress to secure funding for the Apollo project.
They calculated trajectories for rockets.
The pioneered soldering techniques to build rockets.
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What is the official motto of N.A.S.A.?
"For the benefit of all"
"Faith gives us flight"
"Liberty to explore"
"Knowledge is gold"
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On what date did N.A.S.A. astronauts finally land safely on the moon?
February 2nd, 1966
August 30th, 1967
December 1st, 1968
July 20th, 1969
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What is the name of the mission that put the first men on the moon in 1969?
Saturn 6
Apollo 11
Vostok 1
Galileo 2
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What astronaut became the first human to walk on the moon thanks to the success of the Apollo 11 spaceflight?
Miles Kortney
Rodeny Dale
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
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What famous astronaut served as the lunar module pilot during the Apollo 11 spaceflight?
Buzz Aldrin
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Maxwell Douglas
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What was the name of the lunar lander that the crew of Apollo 11 used to reach the moon and return from its surface?
The Touchdown
The Liberty Bell
The Poseidon
The Eagle
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Apollo 11 was largely possible thanks to what December 1968 N.A.S.A. mission which managed to take astronauts to the moon to orbit it and return home without landing on its surface?
Apollo 5
Apollo 1
Apollo 8
Apollo 3
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N.A.S.A. was originally formed in 1958 as a successor to what other American organization that was developing aeronautic technology?
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The American Association for Aerospace Advances
The Coalition of Cooperative Flight Initiatives
The Developmental Group for the Future of Flight
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What famous N.A.S.A. astronaut was the first American to orbit the Earth and also served as a national senator on behalf of the state of Ohio?
Harold Thatch
John Glenn
Kenneth Kincaid
Alexander Dobbs
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One of the first major projects that N.A.S.A. undertook was what mission that sought to launch a human safely into orbit before the Soviets managed to do so?
Project Saturn
Project Mercury
Project Venus
Project Hermes
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Which Apollo mission was the final one as it wrapped up in 1972?
Apollo 13
Apollo 15
Apollo 17
Apollo 19
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What 1970 Apollo mission was notable for failing to land on the moon after a potentially dangerous malfunction threatened the lives of the crew members?
Apollo 15
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
Apollo 16
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What is the name of the commander of the Apollo 13 mission who helped get his crew back to Earth safe and sound?
Alan Shepard
Jim Lovell
Michael Goswell
Calyton Olivier
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In 1983, what N.A.S.A. astronaut became the first American woman in space?
Ashlin DeMarco
Mary Coppertop
Natalia Reynolds
Sally Ride
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In 1990, N.A.S.A. launched what powerful space telescope that became properly operational in 1993 after a mission was sent up to correct a malfunction in its optics?
The Copernicus Telescope
The Hubble Telescope
The Galileo Telescope
The Nostradamus Telescope
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The Kennedy Space Center, which is a major hub for N.A.S.A. manned launches, happens to be located in what American state?
Alaska
Maine
Pennsylvania
Florida
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In 1986, N.A.S.A. experienced a true disaster when what space shuttle exploded killing its crew?
The Challenger
The Olympian
The Erudite
The Wanderer
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N.A.S.A. was a leading force behind the construction of what space station which orbits the Earth as a research center where countries can gather data and send astronauts?
The Global Brotherhood Satellite
The Universal Scientific Institute
The Voyager Earth Station
The International Space Station
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The International Space Station was originally built by N.A.S.A. with the intention that it would be which of the following?
The Voyager Satellite
The Space Station Freedom
The John Paul Jones Space Force Center
The Galileo Space Telescope
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