GK Questions and Answers on NASA Missions

Answer: A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Answer: A) U.S. Federal Government

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NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government.

Answer: D) Washington, D.C.

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The headquarter of NASA is in Washington, D.C., United States which provides overall guidance and direction to the agency, under the leadership of the Administrator.

Answer: B) NASA (in collaboration with international partners)

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NASA (in collaboration with international partners) is responsible for the Artemis program. The Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon.

Answer: C) Apollo 11

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Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land humans on the Moon. This spacecraft's mission was between 16 to 24 July 1969 and the commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969.

Answer: D) 1958

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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) agency was established on 29 July 1958 in the United States.

Answer: B) Mars Pathfinder

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Mars Pathfinder was the first successful Mars rover mission launched by NASA in 1996. It was launched on December 4, 1996, and landed on Mars Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997.

Answer: C) Space Shuttle

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NASA's Space Shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft, it was launched on April 12, 1981.

Answer: A) 166

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There is the total of 166 human spaceflights (crewed flights) are launched by NASA so far.

Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

All of the above is the correct answer. All Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Ulysses are used to explore the solar system.

Answer: A) Voyager 1

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The Voyager 1 mission was the first mission to send a human-made object to reach interstellar space. The Voyager 1 was launched by NASA Agency on September 5, 1977.

Answer: D) Skylab

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Skylab space station was the first U.S. space station launched and operated by NASA, it was launched on May 15, 1973.

Answer: A) 2020

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On November 16, 2020, NASA and SpaceX launched the first crewed mission. It was the first mission to the ISS and in the commercial crew program.

Answer: C) SpaceX Crew-1

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On November 16, 2020, NASA and SpaceX launched the first crewed mission. The name of the mission was SpaceX Crew-1 which was also known as USCV-1 or Crew-1 mission.

Answer: B) Dwight D. Eisenhower

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the 34^th president of the United States of America established the NASA agency in 1958.

Answer: D) SR-71

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SR-71 was the research aircraft used by NASA for testing high-speed, high-altitude aeronautical research. The SR-71 was also known as the "Blackbird".

Answer: A) Galileo

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The name of the first NASA mission that sent a spacecraft to study Jupiter and its moons was "Galileo" or "NASA's Galileo". It was the first spacecraft that reached the orbit of Jupiter and revealed the structure of the planet's magnetic field and intense radiation belts.

Answer: C) New Horizons

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The New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

Answer: B) OSIRIS-REx

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The OSIRIS-REx is a NASA asteroid study and sample-return mission that was launched on September 8, 2016.

Answer: C) Curiosity

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The name of the rover is Curiosity and it successfully landed on Mars under the Mars Science Laboratory mission in 2012.

Answer: B) Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is the current administrator of NASA angry now (2023), he is an American politician and attorney.

Answer: A) Explorer 1

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Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by NASA, it was launched to space on January 31, 1958.

Answer: C) NACA

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NASA's preceding agency's name was NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) which was established on March 3, 1915.

Answer: B) Freedom 7

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Freedom 7 (also known as Mercury-Redstone 3) was the first United States human spaceflight piloted by an astronaut (Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.).

Answer: D) 5

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There are a total of 5 agencies involved in The International Space Station (ISS). The agencies are:

• NASA (United States)
• Roscosmos (Russia)
• JAXA (Japan)
• ESA (European Space Agency)
• CSA (Canada)