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