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