Question 1

Astronauts grow taller in space

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - Can experience growing 3% taller due to spine elongation because of microgravity

Question 2

NASA once tested pens that could write in zero gravity

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - The Fisher Space Pen allows it to function effectively in different environments

Question 3

The sound of explosions can be heard in space

Accepted Answer

Fiction - Absence of air and the vacuum environment

Question 4

The moon landing footage was faked in a studio

Accepted Answer

Fiction - Film expert says it would be impossible to recreate it

Question 5

Space smells like seared steak

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - The suit encounter organic compounds that smell like burnt materials

Question 6

NASA sent a car into space

Accepted Answer

Fiction - SpaceX did, not NASA

Question 7

Saturn could float in water

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - It could theoretically float in water because its density is lower than water

Question 8

The Sun is actually white, not yellow

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - It appears yellow from Earth because of scattering in the atmosphere

Question 9

NASA lost original footage of the first moon landing

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - The agency conducted a search, but could not find the missing tapes for Apollo 11

Question 10

The ISS travels around Earth once per day

Accepted Answer

Fiction - It travels 15.5 times a day

Question 11

Astronauts can cry in space normally

Accepted Answer

Fiction - The tears do not flow down normally due to gravity

Question 12

NASA once trained cats for zero gravity.

Accepted Answer

Fiction - NASA only conducted research on how cats land on their feet in stimulated weightlessness

Question 13

There’s a “space cemetery” in the ocean where satellites are crashed

Accepted Answer

Real NASA Fact - It's located in the South Pacific Ocean (centered on Point Nemo), spacecraft is routinely crashed there

Question 14

NASA planted a flag on Mars

Accepted Answer

Fiction - Humans have not been to Mars yet

Question 15

The Hubble Telescope can see individual people on Earth

Accepted Answer

Fiction - It is designed to see celestial objects

Real NASA Fact or Fiction? GIF Edition Quiz

2) NASA once tested pens that could write in zero gravity