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