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