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