US Space Program | MCQs

Explanation

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government

NASA is responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Headquarters: Washington

NASA Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower

NASA Founded: July 29, 1958

Explanation

The commitment to the US lunar mission was announced by president John F. Kennedy in May 1961. It was fulfilled in eight years later in July 1969, when Apollo 9 sent two astronauts - Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin- to the moon and returned them to earth safely, to be welcomed by Kennedy's successor (and nemesis) president Richard Nixon.