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