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