Try these. Some
are harder than others…
1. When were women
first tested as astronauts?
2. What is the name
of the first man in space?
3. Name the first administrator
of NASA.
4. Where is NASA’s
Marshall Space Flight Center located?
5. When did NASA launch
the first Space Shuttle into orbit? Who was the crew?
6. Who was the first
animal to be launched by the USSR? By the USA?
7. Who was the first
human to do an EVA? ( Extra Vehicular Activity)?
8. Who was the first
to make an untethered spacewalk?
9. What astronaut flew
the flight between Shephard and Glenn?
10. Who is often considered
the “Father of Modern Rocketry”?
11. Name two of the
Americans who spent time onboard MIR.
12. What does the name
MIR mean?
13. What are the two
official languages aboard the Space Station?
14. What were the first
words spoken when Apollo 11 landed on the moon?
15. How many years
were there between John Glenn’s first flight and his space shuttle mission?
16. Name the three
astronauts trapped in the Apollo 1 fire.
17. Name two of the
abort sites where the shuttle may land ( they may not be in the US).
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