Question: The Redstone Arsenal became the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center when?
Answer: July 1, 1960

Question: Who was the first director in charge of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center?
Answer: von Braun

Question: How many attempts to the Moon did Luna E-1-class probes fail before successfully launching?
Answer: 4

Question: The first probe to land on the Moon was in what year?
Answer: 1959

Question: Which Luna probe successfully photographed the back side of the Moon?
Answer: Luna 3

Question: The Ranger program from 1959 was managed by what organization?
Answer: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Question: The first spacecraft to make it to the Moon was what?
Answer: Ranger 4

Question: The first Ranger mission that didn't fail was which one?
Answer: Block III Ranger 7

Question: The Block III Ranger 7 mission successfully reached the moon on what date?
Answer: July 31, 1964

Question: What program led to the establishment of the Ranger program?
Answer: Luna

Question: Which country succesfully launched the first person into space in 1961?
Answer: the USSR

Question: The first ship to carry a human through space was called what?
Answer: Vostok 1

Question: How long did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
Answer: 108 minutes

Question: April 12, in the USSR, is what special day?
Answer: Cosmonautics Day

Question: What year was established as the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations?
Answer: 2011

Question: Man in Space Soonest was a program by which organization?
Answer: US Air Force

Question: Man in Space Soonest was reestablished as what in November 26, 1958?
Answer: Project Mercury

Question: The first American to travel into space was whom?
Answer: Alan Shepard

Question: When did Alan Shepard first arrive in space?
Answer: May 5, 1961

Question: The spaceship that carried Alan Shepard was named what?
Answer: Freedom 7

Question: The first person to have control over driving their spacecraft was whom?
Answer: Alan Shepard

Question: Which president awarded Alan Shepard the NASA Distinguished Service Medal?
Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: President Kennedy sent a letter on April 20, 1961 to who about the US's space program?
Answer: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson

Question: The speech by Kennedy, "Special Message on Urgent National Needs" was delivered on what date?
Answer: May 25

Question: "We choose to go to the Moon" speech was given at what location in Texas?
Answer: Rice University Stadium

Question: The first American to orbit around the planet was whom?
Answer: John Glenn

Question: When did John Glenn orbit the Earth?
Answer: February 20, 1962

Question: Where did John Glenn land on Earth after coming back from orbit?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: John Glenn's spaceship was named what when he orbited the Earth?
Answer: Friendship 7

Question: How many more Mercury missions were there after John Glenn's?
Answer: 3

Question: What first person from the USSR controlled their own spacecraft?
Answer: Gherman Titov

Question: Gherman Titov from the USSR drove his own spacecraft on what date?
Answer: August 6, 1961

Question: Radio communication was possible between which two spacecrafts in August 11 and 12, 1962?
Answer: Vostok 3 and Vostok 4

Question: The first woman that went into space was whom?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Question: What spacecraft carried  Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space?
Answer: Vostok 6

Question: The first woman to launch into space was on what date?
Answer: June 16, 1963

Question: The first woman to go into space was from which country?
Answer: The USSR

Question: At what event was the Vostok spaceship first displayed to the public ?
Answer: July 1961 Tushino air show

Question: When did US President John F. Kennedy, in a speech, propose to join forces to reach the moon with the USSR?
Answer: September 20, 1963

Question: President Kennedy was killed when?
Answer: November 22, 1963

Question: How did US President Kennedy die?
Answer: assassination

Question: What two locations in Florida were renamed after Kennedy by President Johnson?
Answer: Cape Canaveral and Apollo launch facilities

Question: Which two space programs were heavily worked on by President Johnson?
Answer: Gemini and Apollo

Question: What year was the Gemini project confirmed?
Answer: 1962

Question: How many people could the Gemini project carry?
Answer: 2

Question: On what date was the first successful three man astronaut crew?
Answer: October 12, 1964

Question: The first flight in a spacecraft that allowed no suits to be worn inside was was?
Answer: Voskhod 1

Question: The US Apollo Command Module flew without spacesuits in what year?
Answer: 1968

Question: Korolev died on what date?
Answer: January 14, 1966

Question: The Voskhod 2 carrying two humans was launched on what date?
Answer: March 18, 1965

Question: Who was the first person to take a spacewalk?
Answer: Alexey Leonov

Question: Which of two Voskhod 2's occupants was almost killed?
Answer: Alexey Leonov

Question: Project Gemini helped recruit experienced people for which upcoming lunar missions?
Answer: Apollo

Question: Who created the circumlunar program called Zond?
Answer: Vladimir Chelomey

Question: Which type of craft were two astronauts to fly in during Zond?
Answer: Soyuz 7K-L1

Question: The "Lunniy Korabl" or "LK" would carry how many people?
Answer: N1

Question: The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was established in what year?
Answer: 1959

Question: The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was created by what organization in 1959?
Answer: United Nations

Question: A problem was resolved by whom when both the US and the USSR supported a cooperative space program?
Answer: Political Committee of the UN General Assembly

Question: The cooperative space program was passed on what date?
Answer: December 1962

Question: The Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space was signed by three countries on what date?
Answer: January 27, 1967

Question: Both crews were killed on which spacecraft missions in 1967?
Answer: Apollo and Soyuz

Question: The Outer Space Treaty was signed by the US and the USSR on what date?
Answer: January 27, 1967

Question: What was the cause of the fire that killed everyone on the first Apollo mission before launch?
Answer: electrical spark

Question: Who were the three people who died on the first Apollo mission before launch?
Answer: Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger Chaffee

Question: Who was the person credited with the first in-flight space death?
Answer: Vladimir Komarov

Question: When did Vladimir Komarov die on impact from his spacecraft crash?
Answer: April 24, 1967

Question: Apollo 7 launched from Earth on what date?
Answer: October 11, 1968

Question: Who was in charge of the Apollo 7 mission on board?
Answer: Walter Schirra

Question: The Soyuz 3 began its mission to space on what date?
Answer: October 26, 1968

Question: When was the first successful docking of a two man space crew?
Answer: January 1969

Question: Which two space missions were the first to successfully dock each other?
Answer: Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5

Question: Where was the Zond 4 over when it was destroyed by an explosion?
Answer: Gulf of Guinea

Question: The first successful water landing in the Indian Ocean by the Soviets was was when?
Answer: 1968

Question: What animal was carried aboard the  Zond 5?
Answer: tortoises

Question: The first Lunar Module was delayed to what date?
Answer: March 1969

Question: Which three people were the first to ride the Saturn V rocket into space?
Answer: Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders

Question: What date did Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders leave Earth on the Apollo 8 mission?
Answer: December 21, 1968