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NASA Space Program
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Friendship Capsule
July 20 - 1969
John F. Kennedy
October 4 - 1957
2. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
3
Russia
3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
John F. Kennedy
Russia
November 3 - 1957
4. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
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
3
7
5. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Lengthened;
Odyssey; Aquarios
December 21 - 1968
3
6. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
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
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Mercury
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
October 4 - 1957
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
John F. Kennedy
8. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
April 12 - 1981
9. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Yuri Garagin
Friendship Capsule
Russia
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
10. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Oxygen tank burst
Russia
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
11. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Friendship Capsule
7
3
12. What is the LEM?
13. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Odyssey; Aquarios
7
June 3 - 1965
December 21 - 1968
14. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
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
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
58 cm in diameter
15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
January 31 - 1958
Apollo 8
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
16. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
ST51
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Ed White
17. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
...
1958
58 cm in diameter
18. hen was NASA created?
January 31 - 1958
...
1958
...
19. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
20. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Ed White
John Glenn
Apollo 8
Oxygen tank burst
21. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Friendship Capsule
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
22. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
7
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
23. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
7
Apollo 10
John Glenn
1962
24. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Apollo 11
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Sputnik
26. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
1958
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Sputnik
27. When was the first space shuttle launched?
ST51
April 12 - 1981
April 12 - 1961
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
28. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
29. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
December 21 - 1968
ST51
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
...
30. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
July 20 - 1969
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
December 21 - 1968
147 hrs - 42 secs.
31. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
John F. Kennedy
Project Mercury
3
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
32. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
1962
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
33. Who was the first American to walk 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.
Ed White
Oxygen tank burst
Apollo 10
34. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Project Mercury
Yuri Garagin
3
John F. Kennedy
35. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to 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
December 21 - 1968
36. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
6
3
Lengthened;
Project Gemini
37. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
38. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Apollo 8
Lengthened;
6
39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Sputnik
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
ST51
40. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Odyssey; Aquarios
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
7
41. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Yuri Garagin
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
42. What were the first words from the moon?
43. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
June 3 - 1965
ST51
Ed White
44. When was the Explorer I launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
January 31 - 1958
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
John Glenn
45. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
46. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Project Mercury
Oxygen tank burst
John F. Kennedy
47. 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 - 1981
Russia
Russia
48. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
April 12 - 1981
Apollo 11
6
Yuri Garagin
49. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
50. 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
Project Mercury
Ed White
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
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