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