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