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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
Project Mercury
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Russia
2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
December 21 - 1968
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
3. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Project Gemini
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 8
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
4. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
7
January 31 - 1958
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 10
5. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Gemini
April 12 - 1981
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Mercury
6. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
Russia
Ed White
ST51
7. What date did the first American walk in space?
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
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
8. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
December 21 - 1968
9. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
1962
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Lengthened;
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
10. hen was NASA created?
January 31 - 1958
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
147 hrs - 42 secs.
1958
11. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
6
Project Mercury
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
12. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
1962
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
58 cm in diameter
13. When did the first American orbit the earth?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
1962
Russia
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
14. Who was the first human to fly 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
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Oxygen tank burst
Yuri Garagin
15. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
November 3 - 1957
Project Gemini
Russia
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
16. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 8
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
58 cm in diameter
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
17. What is the LEM?
18. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
April 12 - 1981
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 10
19. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
April 12 - 1981
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
20. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Odyssey; Aquarios
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
21. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Odyssey; Aquarios
John Glenn
22. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Gemini
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
23. When did the first American orbit the earth?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
April 12 - 1961
1962
3
24. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
25. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
ST51
Friendship Capsule
Russia
John Glenn
26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Friendship Capsule
6
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
27. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Russia
ST51
28. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
John F. Kennedy
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Sputnik
Yuri Garagin
29. Who was the first human to fly in space?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
1962
July 20 - 1969
Yuri Garagin
30. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John F. Kennedy
John Glenn
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
31. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
32. What is the date the first human flew in space?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
April 12 - 1961
Project Gemini
33. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Friendship Capsule
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Oxygen tank burst
3
34. What date did the first American walk in space?
Friendship Capsule
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.
June 3 - 1965
35. Who was president when NASA was created?
7
Russia
April 12 - 1981
John F. Kennedy
36. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Russia
July 20 - 1969
ST51
37. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
38. What is the date the first human flew in space?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
April 12 - 1961
147 hrs - 42 secs.
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
39. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Project Gemini
June 3 - 1965
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury
40. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Russia
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
November 3 - 1957
Friendship Capsule
41. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Friendship Capsule
ST51
October 4 - 1957
Project Mercury
42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Ed White
1962
Apollo 11
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
43. What were the first words from the moon?
44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
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
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
45. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Russia
Sputnik
1962
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
46. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
October 4 - 1957
July 20 - 1969
December 21 - 1968
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
47. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
1958
April 12 - 1981
3
147 hrs - 42 secs.
48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Apollo 11
6
October 4 - 1957
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
49. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
Odyssey; Aquarios
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Project Mercury
50. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
July 20 - 1969
Oxygen tank burst
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Project Mercury