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