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