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