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NASA Space Program
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
147 hrs - 42 secs.
58 cm in diameter
2. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
3. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Yuri Garagin
ST51
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
4. What date did the first American walk in space?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
John F. Kennedy
June 3 - 1965
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
5. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Russia
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
6
1962
6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
John F. Kennedy
Apollo 11
Sputnik
7. When did the first American orbit the earth?
3
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
1962
Lengthened;
8. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Russia
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
1958
9. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
John F. Kennedy
November 3 - 1957
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
October 4 - 1957
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 10
11. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Apollo 10
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
ST51
12. What is the LEM?
13. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
14. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Friendship Capsule
15. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
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
July 20 - 1969
16. When was the first space shuttle launched?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
December 21 - 1968
April 12 - 1981
July 20 - 1969
17. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Lengthened;
Friendship Capsule
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
18. Who was the first human to fly in space?
John F. Kennedy
Yuri Garagin
3
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
19. What were the first words from the moon?
20. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
1958
...
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
21. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
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
22. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
7
Sputnik
July 20 - 1969
23. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
Friendship Capsule
7
Ed White
24. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Project Mercury
25. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
June 3 - 1965
Russia
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
June 3 - 1965
26. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Apollo 8
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury
27. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
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
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
28. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Russia
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
1962
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
29. 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.
Sputnik
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John F. Kennedy
30. When was the first space shuttle launched?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Apollo 11
April 12 - 1981
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
31. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Russia
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
147 hrs - 42 secs.
32. What were the first words from the moon?
33. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Yuri Garagin
7
3
34. What does NASA stand for?
7
Yuri Garagin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Mercury
35. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
April 12 - 1961
April 12 - 1981
36. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
37. When was the Explorer I launched?
October 4 - 1957
January 31 - 1958
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
7
38. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
Sputnik
Russia
October 4 - 1957
39. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
7
1962
Project Mercury
40. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
December 21 - 1968
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
58 cm in diameter
147 hrs - 42 secs.
41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
Apollo 10
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
42. Why was NASA created?
1958
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
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
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
43. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
Ed White
Project Mercury
April 12 - 1961
44. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
...
December 21 - 1968
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
45. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
John Glenn
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
1958
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
46. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
April 12 - 1961
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
47. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
48. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
7
ST51
October 4 - 1957
Lengthened;
49. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
January 31 - 1958
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
50. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
October 4 - 1957
Sputnik
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 10