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