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