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