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