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NASA Space Program

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1. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

2. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
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.
3
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

3. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Project Mercury
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

4. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

5. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

6. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Ed White
Oxygen tank burst
Yuri Garagin
ST51

7. When was the Explorer I launched?
Apollo 10
January 31 - 1958
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
Apollo 10

8. What is the date the first human flew in space?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
April 12 - 1961
Oxygen tank burst

9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Apollo 11
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Friendship Capsule

10. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Ed White
...
Sputnik
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

11. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
7
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
July 20 - 1969
Project Mercury

12. What does NASA stand for?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
April 12 - 1981

13. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

14. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Sputnik
Project Mercury

15. Who was the first human to fly in space?
April 12 - 1961
January 31 - 1958
Friendship Capsule
Yuri Garagin

16. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
1958
Apollo 10
July 20 - 1969

17. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Russia
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Lengthened;
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

18. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
7
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Project Gemini

19. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Apollo 8
July 20 - 1969
Sputnik
1958

20. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
1962
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
6
'Houston - the eagle has landed'

21. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Russia
ST51
Ed White
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle

22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 11
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 8

23. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
Apollo 10
April 12 - 1961
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

24. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
Apollo 11
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Russia

25. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

26. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
June 3 - 1965
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

27. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Odyssey; Aquarios
June 3 - 1965
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

28. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Yuri Garagin
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

29. 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
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 8
...

30. What is the LEM?

31. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Friendship Capsule
147 hrs - 42 secs.
November 3 - 1957
Ed White

32. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
ST51
Apollo 8
John Glenn
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

33. Who was president when NASA was created?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
John F. Kennedy
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Apollo 11

34. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Ed White
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

35. What date did the first American walk in space?
Odyssey; Aquarios
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
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
June 3 - 1965

36. What is the LEM?

37. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
58 cm in diameter
...
Friendship Capsule

38. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
January 31 - 1958
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
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 Mercury

39. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
John Glenn
Sputnik
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

40. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
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
Russia
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

41. What were the first words from the moon?

42. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
November 3 - 1957
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury

43. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Russia
3
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 8

44. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

45. What were the first words from the moon?

46. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
October 4 - 1957
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program

47. Who was the first American to walk in space?
...
Oxygen tank burst
Ed White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

48. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Apollo 8
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Project Gemini

49. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

50. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
John Glenn
6
ST51
Friendship Capsule