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