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