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