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NASA Space Program
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
6
58 cm in diameter
...
2. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
58 cm in diameter
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 8
3. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
4. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
October 4 - 1957
Project Mercury
John Glenn
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
5. Why was NASA created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Lengthened;
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John F. Kennedy
6. What is the date the first human flew in space?
John Glenn
April 12 - 1961
December 21 - 1968
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
7. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
8. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
Lengthened;
7
Apollo 11
9. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
John F. Kennedy
John Glenn
Oxygen tank burst
Sputnik
10. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
December 21 - 1968
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
April 12 - 1961
11. hen was NASA created?
1958
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia
Project Mercury
12. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
Apollo 8
Yuri Garagin
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
13. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1981
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
1958
April 12 - 1961
14. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
15. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
April 12 - 1981
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
16. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 10
April 12 - 1981
58 cm in diameter
17. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Yuri Garagin
July 20 - 1969
Ed White
18. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
19. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
20. Name the 7 original astronauts
58 cm in diameter
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Sputnik
1958
November 3 - 1957
3
22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Sputnik
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration; to rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; to perfect methods of entering the atmosphere a
23. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
3
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
24. When was the first space shuttle launched?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
April 12 - 1981
Apollo 10
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
25. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
26. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
July 20 - 1969
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Project Mercury
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Apollo 11
October 4 - 1957
1958
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
28. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 10
Sputnik
29. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
John Glenn
147 hrs - 42 secs.
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Apollo 10
30. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
6
Project Gemini
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
July 20 - 1969
31. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Apollo 11
7
October 4 - 1957
Oxygen tank burst
32. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Oxygen tank burst
Lengthened;
John F. Kennedy
...
33. Who was the first American to walk in space?
7
Ed White
Project Mercury
December 21 - 1968
34. What does NASA stand for?
July 20 - 1969
November 3 - 1957
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
April 12 - 1981
35. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
November 3 - 1957
Yuri Garagin
Sputnik
36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Lengthened;
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Oxygen tank burst
37. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
Apollo 8
Project Mercury
...
Ed White
38. hen was NASA created?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
1958
December 21 - 1968
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
39. What is the LEM?
40. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
June 3 - 1965
58 cm in diameter
November 3 - 1957
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
41. What were the first words from the moon?
42. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Apollo 11
Lengthened;
43. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
July 20 - 1969
John F. Kennedy
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
ST51
44. When was the first space shuttle launched?
1958
April 12 - 1981
1962
Project Mercury
45. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
46. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Kennedy decided to overtake the Soviet Union in the 'Space Race' by making a decision to go to the moon. They tried to accomplish this before Russia
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
ST51
...
47. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
April 12 - 1981
Friendship Capsule
ST51
48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Oxygen tank burst
January 31 - 1958
49. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Mercury
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
50. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Ed White
October 4 - 1957
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
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