NASA and the Space Age

Reaching the stars was no easy feat. For millennia, human beings had been bound to the land, only able to look up at the birds overhead with envy, dreaming of someday achieving flight. Thousands of generations of scientists were required to achieve that goal. Yet, mankind is not a species known for resting on its laurels. Even greater heights than even the open sky called to them, and it fell on a new generation of scientists and engineers to carry human beings beyond the atmosphere.

NASA stood as one of the main groups who achieved that goal. Even during a time when space travel was heavily politicized, many who studied the field did so because they wanted to advance the interests of all those who shared the Earth. NASA was born out of competition, but in time, it became a heroic trailblazer that set the pace for all the world’s interest in space travel.

This quiz will examine the mighty rise of NASA from humble origins all the way to its pinnacle and beyond. Such a frame of time is known as the Space Age for obvious reasons. From historic achievements to the people who made them, all manner of topics will appear here to give a full picture of NASA’s contributions to this historic era.

As much as to test, this quiz is meant to inform, so we hope you come out of it knowing something new. How much do you know about this iconic period of world history? Take our quiz, NASA and the Space Age, to find out.

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