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Quiz on NASA.

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Quiz on NASA.

1. What do the letters NASA stand for? 

2. When was NASA established? 

 

3. What is NASA's motto? 

  

Quiz on NASA.

1. What do the letters NASA stand for? 

   National Aeronautics and Space Administration  

2. When was NASA established? 

    1958  

3. What is NASA's motto? 

    For the benefit of all.  

Quiz on NASA.

4. Which cartoon character is NASA's mascotte? 

5. Where is John F. Kennedy Space Station, NASA's 

    space vehicle launch facility located?  

 

6. Who was the first animal in space? What animal 

    was it? 

 

Quiz on NASA.

4. Which cartoon character is NASA's mascotte? 

    Snoopy 

5. Where is John F. Kennedy Space Station, NASA's      

    space vehicle launch facility located?  

    Merritt Island, Florida 

6. Who was the first animal in space? What animal 

    was it? 

   A dog named Laika. 

Quiz on NASA.

7. Who was the first man in space? And which 

    nationality did he have? 

    

8. Who was the first woman in space? 

    

9. Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon? 

    On which date did he do this? 

    

Quiz on NASA.

7. Who was the first man in space? And which 

    nationality did he have? 

    Yuri Gagarin, Russian 

8. Who was the first woman in space? 

    Valentina Tereshkova 

9. Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon? 

    On which date did he do this? 

    Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, 

Quiz on NASA.

 10. How many people have walked on the moon until 

       now? 

     

11.   What happened to the space shuttle Columbia? 

       

12.  What is ISS? 

       

Quiz on NASA.

 10. How many people have walked on the moon until 

       now? 

       12 

11.   What happened to the space shuttle Columbia? 

       It exploded on reentering the earth's 

       atmosphere. 

12.  What is ISS? 

       The International Space Station 

Quiz on NASA.

13. What is the name of the shuttle which landed on 

      the surface of Mars on February 18th 2021? 

      

14. What does that name mean in Dutch? 

      

15.  Which famous toy was invented by a NASA 

       engineer? 

   

Quiz on NASA.

13. What is the name of the shuttle which landed on 

      the surface of Mars on February 18th 2021? 

      Perseverance 

14. What does that name mean in Dutch? 

      volharding / doorzettingsvermogen

15.  Which famous toy was invented by a NASA 

       engineer? 

       The Super Soaker