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