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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
58 cm in diameter
November 3 - 1957
Oxygen tank burst

2. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

3. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
1962
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

4. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

5. What were the first words from the moon?

6. hen was NASA created?
1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
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
Ed White

7. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Project Mercury
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Friendship Capsule

8. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Sputnik
Apollo 8

9. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
3
Apollo 10
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
...

10. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
...
October 4 - 1957

11. What date did the first American walk in space?
Apollo 11
June 3 - 1965
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Friendship Capsule

12. 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
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
1962
6

13. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Lengthened;
ST51
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

14. What is the LEM?

15. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
1962
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
December 21 - 1968
July 20 - 1969

16. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Ed White
Project Mercury
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

17. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

18. What date did the first American walk in space?
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
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
June 3 - 1965

19. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ed White
John Glenn
Apollo 8

20. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
58 cm in diameter
Odyssey; Aquarios
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

21. 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
November 3 - 1957
Sputnik
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

22. When was the Explorer I launched?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
January 31 - 1958
7

23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Ed White
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7
Lengthened;

24. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
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
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

25. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
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
January 31 - 1958
April 12 - 1981
7

26. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Lengthened;
November 3 - 1957
3

27. Name the 7 original astronauts
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
December 21 - 1968
6
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

28. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 11
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

29. What does NASA stand for?
Ed White
Friendship Capsule
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
7

30. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 8
June 3 - 1965
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

31. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
...
Project Mercury
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

32. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 11
January 31 - 1958

33. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
6
147 hrs - 42 secs.

34. What is the LEM?

35. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
1958
Project Gemini
Sputnik

36. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
58 cm in diameter
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

37. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
April 12 - 1961
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

38. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
John F. Kennedy
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Friendship Capsule

39. Why was NASA created?
7
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
November 3 - 1957
October 4 - 1957

40. What is the date the first human flew in space?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Project Gemini
April 12 - 1961

41. What were the first words from the moon?

42. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
ST51
Project Mercury

43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
June 3 - 1965
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
147 hrs - 42 secs.

44. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Odyssey; Aquarios
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Apollo 8
6

45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
58 cm in diameter
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Apollo 10

46. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
Friendship Capsule
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Russia

47. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
7
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lengthened;

48. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
December 21 - 1968
June 3 - 1965
Lengthened;
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

49. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
June 3 - 1965

50. When was the first space shuttle launched?
John Glenn
58 cm in diameter
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
April 12 - 1981