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