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