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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 country was the first human to fly in space from?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
October 4 - 1957
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Russia
2. When did the first American orbit the earth?
November 3 - 1957
1962
1958
Project Mercury
3. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 10
ST51
June 3 - 1965
4. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Russia
1962
7
July 20 - 1969
5. Who was president when NASA was created?
Russia
147 hrs - 42 secs.
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
John F. Kennedy
6. What were the first words from the moon?
7. When was the first space shuttle launched?
7
April 12 - 1981
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
...
8. 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
Apollo 8
Project Gemini
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
9. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
6
John Glenn
10. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ST51
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Apollo 11
11. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
October 4 - 1957
Sputnik
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
12. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
John F. Kennedy
Odyssey; Aquarios
November 3 - 1957
April 12 - 1961
13. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Project Mercury
Friendship Capsule
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
January 31 - 1958
14. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Friendship Capsule
Apollo 10
1958
15. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Friendship Capsule
Project Gemini
1958
Apollo 11
16. What is the date the first human flew in space?
ST51
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
April 12 - 1961
Yuri Garagin
17. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Ed White
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
18. Why was NASA created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Sputnik
July 20 - 1969
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
19. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
Odyssey; Aquarios
December 21 - 1968
7
20. Name the 7 original astronauts
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
December 21 - 1968
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
21. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Project Mercury
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
7
23. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
7
November 3 - 1957
Apollo 10
24. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Yuri Garagin
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
Sputnik
25. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
July 20 - 1969
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Lengthened;
26. What is the LEM?
27. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
28. Who was president when NASA was created?
Apollo 11
John F. Kennedy
7
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
29. 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
Apollo 10
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
30. What were the first words from the moon?
31. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Odyssey; Aquarios
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
3
32. Why was NASA created?
July 20 - 1969
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Project Gemini
33. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
July 20 - 1969
October 4 - 1957
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
34. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
35. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
Russia
7
3
36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
ST51
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
John F. Kennedy
37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
April 12 - 1981
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
December 21 - 1968
38. When was the Explorer I launched?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
January 31 - 1958
Ed White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
39. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
6
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.
40. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
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 Mercury
41. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
John F. Kennedy
Odyssey; Aquarios
1962
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
42. Name the 7 original astronauts
November 3 - 1957
58 cm in diameter
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
John F. Kennedy
43. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Yuri Garagin
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Apollo 8
44. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 11
Friendship Capsule
6
45. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Project Gemini
Russia
John F. Kennedy
December 21 - 1968
46. Who was the first human to fly in space?
April 12 - 1981
Yuri Garagin
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
...
47. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Yuri Garagin
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
November 3 - 1957
48. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
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.
49. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
November 3 - 1957
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Mercury
50. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
July 20 - 1969
6