What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

North American Space Association

What did NASA's Artemis II mission do in April 2026?

Landed two astronauts on the Moon

NASA Trivia Quiz: Apollo, Artemis II, Hubble and Mars

This NASA trivia quiz covers the U.S. space agency from its founding to Apollo 11 and the Artemis II flight around the Moon in 2026, with questions on Jeremy Hansen, the Hubble Space Telescope, Mission Control in Houston, the Space Shuttle and the Ingenuity helicopter.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 90s

Basics
What does NASA stand for?
History
In which year was NASA founded?
Apollo
Which mission first landed humans on the Moon in July 1969?
Artemis
What did NASA's Artemis II mission do in April 2026?
Artemis
Which Canadian astronaut flew on Artemis II?
Telescopes
Which famous NASA space telescope was launched in 1990?
Operations
In which city is NASA's Mission Control for human spaceflight?
Spacecraft
What was the name of NASA's reusable spaceplane that flew from 1981 to 2011?
Mars
What was the name of the small NASA helicopter that flew on Mars in 2021?
History
Who was the first American to orbit Earth, in 1962?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What does NASA stand for?
Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA's full name is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is responsible for the U.S. civilian space program as well as research into flight and Earth's climate.
Q2: In which year was NASA founded?
Answer: 1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the act creating NASA in July 1958, less than a year after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. NASA began work on October 1, 1958.
Q3: Which mission first landed humans on the Moon in July 1969?
Answer: Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969, while Michael Collins orbited above. Apollo 8 had been the first crewed flight around the Moon in December 1968.
Q4: What did NASA's Artemis II mission do in April 2026?
Answer: Flew a crew around the Moon
Artemis II launched on April 1, 2026, and splashed down in the Pacific on April 10. Its four astronauts flew around the Moon and went farther from Earth than any humans before them.
Q5: Which Canadian astronaut flew on Artemis II?
Answer: Jeremy Hansen
Jeremy Hansen became the first non-American to travel to the Moon. He flew with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch.
Q6: Which famous NASA space telescope was launched in 1990?
Answer: Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. A flaw in its mirror was fixed by astronauts in 1993, and it has sent back more than a million observations.
Q7: In which city is NASA's Mission Control for human spaceflight?
Answer: Houston
Mission Control is at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Neil Armstrong's first message after the Apollo 11 landing began with the word Houston.
Q8: What was the name of NASA's reusable spaceplane that flew from 1981 to 2011?
Answer: Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle flew 135 missions and helped build the International Space Station. Two orbiters, Challenger and Columbia, were lost in accidents in 1986 and 2003.
Q9: What was the name of the small NASA helicopter that flew on Mars in 2021?
Answer: Ingenuity
Ingenuity made the first powered flight on another planet in April 2021 and went on to fly 72 times. It traveled to Mars attached to the Perseverance rover.
Q10: Who was the first American to orbit Earth, in 1962?
Answer: John Glenn
John Glenn circled Earth three times aboard Friendship 7. In 1998, at age 77, he flew again on the Space Shuttle, becoming the oldest person in space at the time.

NASA Trivia Quiz – America's Space Agency

NASA was created in 1958, at the height of the Space Race. In just over a decade it went from launching small satellites to landing astronauts on the Moon. Since then, the agency has built space stations, flown the Space Shuttle, sent robots to every planet in the solar system and launched telescopes that have changed our picture of the universe.

The Apollo program remains NASA's most famous achievement. Between 1969 and 1972, twelve astronauts walked on the Moon, collecting rocks and running experiments that scientists still study. Apollo 11's landing on July 20, 1969, was watched by an estimated 600 million people on television.

After Apollo, NASA focused on low Earth orbit. The Space Shuttle flew 135 missions over 30 years, and the International Space Station has been home to astronauts since 2000. At the same time, robotic missions explored Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and beyond, and the Hubble Space Telescope showed galaxies billions of light-years away.

Now NASA is heading back to the Moon with the Artemis program. In April 2026, Artemis II carried four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft. They traveled farther from Earth than any humans before them, preparing the way for future crewed landings near the lunar south pole.

This quiz covers NASA's history, missions, spacecraft and people, from 1958 to today.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is ideal for space fans, students and anyone who followed the Artemis II flight.

What NASA stands for and when it was founded
Which mission first landed people on the Moon
What Artemis II achieved and who was on board
Why the Hubble Space Telescope matters
Where Mission Control is and what the Space Shuttle did
What Ingenuity accomplished on Mars

Quick Facts About NASA

NASA's logo with the red swoosh is nicknamed the meatball.
Artemis is named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology.
The Apollo 13 crew survived an explosion in 1970 and returned safely to Earth.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is the fastest human-made object ever built.
Christina Koch holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, 328 days.
Victor Glover became the first Black astronaut to travel to the Moon on Artemis II.