Pub quiz questions for the term NASA.
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Terms: |NASA| |Space History|
Published: 29. 4. 2026.
In 1976, NASA achieved the first successful landing on Mars with a spacecraft whose name was later also associated with an Austrian lawn-mower company, integrated into STIHL in 2019. What was the name of that spacecraft?
Viking
Terms: |Cold War| |Communications| |NASA| |Satellites| |Space History|
Published: 17. 4. 2026.
In 1960, the United States launched a metallized balloon that became a predecessor of modern communications satellites. It acted like a giant mirror, bouncing signals from one point on Earth back to another. What was this satellite called?
Echo 1
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
The NASA Space Shuttles received their names from famous ships of the past. Which two were named after vessels associated with the voyages of James Cook?
Discovery and Endeavour