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