NASA Quiz

1. Which space shuttle recently visited International Space Station and it returned back successfully, and was sent by NASA?

a. Discovery

b. Atlantis

c. Aryabhatta

d. None of these

2. NASA was created by an act of which US President?

a. Dwight Eisenhower

b. Harry Potter

c. John F. Kennedy

d. Lyndon B. Johnson

3. When was the Presidential Act that created NASA signed?

a. October 2, 1954

b. August 12, 1958

c. October 14, 1958

d. July 29, 1958

4. NASA was created in response to one of these events. Which?

a. The launch of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space

b. The launch of Sputnik, the first Soviet satellite

c. The Soviet announcement of plans to send men to the Moon

d. The creation of the Soviet Space Agency

5. The motto of the NASA Discovery Program is:

a. Faster, Better, Cheaper

b. To the moon and beyond

c. Exploration of our world

d. None of the above

6. Many German scientists were highly influential in the early successes of the American Space Program after surrender to American troops at the end of World War II. What was this military recruitment of German scientists called?

a. Operation Paperclip

b. Operation Brain Bunker

c. Operation Rocket Men

d. Operation Pin Pusher

7. This German scientist, the inventor of the V2 rocket, surrendered to American Troops at the end of WWII and was highly influential in the early days of the American space program. Who was it?

a. Guenter Wendt

b. Robert Oppenheimer

c. Werner von Braun

d. Albert Einstein

8. Who was the first NASA administrator?

a. James Webb

b. T. Keith Glennan

c. Hugh Dryden

d. Robert Goddard

9. Who created the concept of, and founded the Mission Control Center?

a. Christopher Columbus Kraft

b. Lyndon Johnson

c. Gene Kranz

d. John Houston

10. The original seven Astronauts, the Mercury 7, were chosen on April 9, 1959. How many were there in the Astronaut Corps three years later, April 9, 1962?

a. 24 b. 16

c. 7 d. 14

11. What was the Presidential Act that created NASA called?

a. The Space Race Act

b. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act

c. The Man in Space Act

d. The National Aeronautics and Space Act

12. What day is generally considered the "birthday" of NASA?

a. June 9, 1958

b. November 13, 1950

c. October 14, 1947

d. October 1, 1958

Answers

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. a

6. a

7. c

8. b

9. a

10. c

11. d

12. d

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