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