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