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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 size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 11
58 cm in diameter
June 3 - 1965
Odyssey; Aquarios
2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Apollo 8
Russia
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
3. What is the LEM?
4. Who was the first American to walk in space?
58 cm in diameter
Ed White
ST51
April 12 - 1961
5. What date did the first American walk in space?
November 3 - 1957
Ed White
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
6. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
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
Project Gemini
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
58 cm in diameter
7. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Sputnik
6
9. hen was NASA created?
1958
Project Gemini
John F. Kennedy
Project Mercury
10. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
11. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Apollo 10
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
1958
Russia
12. Name the 7 original astronauts
Apollo 8
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
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
13. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
June 3 - 1965
December 21 - 1968
14. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 10
15. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
July 20 - 1969
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
16. Who was president when NASA was created?
3
Odyssey; Aquarios
John F. Kennedy
April 12 - 1981
17. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
18. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
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
Russia
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
July 20 - 1969
19. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Sputnik
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Oxygen tank burst
20. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Lengthened;
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Sputnik
1958
21. Why was NASA created?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
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
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
22. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Ed White
23. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
1958
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
April 12 - 1981
24. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
December 21 - 1968
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
25. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Project Mercury
1962
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
26. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Apollo 10
January 31 - 1958
June 3 - 1965
Project Gemini
27. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Oxygen tank burst
Odyssey; Aquarios
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
28. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
June 3 - 1965
58 cm in diameter
Odyssey; Aquarios
29. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
1962
Sputnik
December 21 - 1968
30. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
31. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
June 3 - 1965
December 21 - 1968
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
32. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
33. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Project Mercury
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
April 12 - 1981
34. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
John F. Kennedy
Project Gemini
7
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
35. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
November 3 - 1957
Project Mercury
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
36. What is the LEM?
37. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
6
3
...
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
39. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
Apollo 10
Apollo 8
Apollo 10
40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
October 4 - 1957
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Oxygen tank burst
41. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 11
3
Odyssey; Aquarios
42. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Yuri Garagin
3
Project Mercury
John Glenn
43. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7
Sputnik
44. What is the date the first human flew in space?
November 3 - 1957
April 12 - 1961
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
3
45. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
April 12 - 1981
7
46. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Friendship Capsule
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
April 12 - 1961
47. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 10
3
48. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
3
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
1958
November 3 - 1957
49. Why was NASA created?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
April 12 - 1961
50. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
December 21 - 1968
October 4 - 1957
Project Gemini