Space Quiz

What does NASA stand for?

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Never Allow Space Aliens
• National Airlines and Space Adventures
• New Aeronautics and States Administration

NASA's motto is what?

• To infinity and beyond
• Space the final frontier
• For the benefit of all
• Sky's the limits

All space missions are launched from where?

• Cape Canaveral
• Kennedy Space Center
• White Sands Space Harbor
• Edwards Air Force Base

Which of the following is not the name of a space shuttle?

• Columbia
• Discovery
• Patriot
• Atlantis

Which of the following men was NOT a member of the Apollo 11 crew?

• Michael Collins
• Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
• Neil Armstrong
• James A. Lovell, Jr

Which president had the dream of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy
• Ronald Regan

The lunar module that landed the astronauts on the moon was called what?

• Columbia
• Apollo
• Eagle
• Saturn V

What famous words did Neil Armstrong speak after landing on the moon?

• That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind
• Houston, we have a problem.
• The Eagle has landed.
• The moon rules.

How far is the moon from Planet Earth?

• 1000 km
• 384,403 km
• 425,340 km
• 1,000,000 km

The moon is considered to be what of the earth?

• Galaxy
• Star
• Planet
• Natural Satellite

There are nine planets in our solar sytem?

• True
• False

President George W. Bush announced that NASA hopes to have man back on the moon no later than what year?

• 2010
• 2013
• 2015
• 2020