NASA Space Program

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1. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Yuri Garagin
Friendship Capsule
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee


2. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
58 cm in diameter
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7
Apollo 11


3. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 11
Apollo 8
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Project Mercury


4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
John F. Kennedy
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton


5. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
Russia
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee


6. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Project Gemini
Russia
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Ed White


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

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8. What does NASA stand for?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
John Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program


9. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
1958
Lengthened;
6


10. Who was president when NASA was created?
Russia
147 hrs - 42 secs.
John F. Kennedy
1962


11. 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
Yuri Garagin
Russia
Ed White


12. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
April 12 - 1961
July 20 - 1969
John Glenn
147 hrs - 42 secs.


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

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14. Who was president when NASA was created?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
October 4 - 1957
John F. Kennedy
John Glenn


15. hen was NASA created?
Project Gemini
1958
Oxygen tank burst
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget


16. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 10
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


17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
January 31 - 1958
November 3 - 1957
June 3 - 1965
April 12 - 1961


18. What were the first words from the moon?

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19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 10
June 3 - 1965
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.


20. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
November 3 - 1957


21. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
December 21 - 1968
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Sputnik
October 4 - 1957


22. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
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 Gemini
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
June 3 - 1965


23. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Yuri Garagin
Apollo 10
Odyssey; Aquarios
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders


24. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Project Mercury
July 20 - 1969
June 3 - 1965


25. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Ed White
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John F. Kennedy


26. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oxygen tank burst
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program


27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Ed White
October 4 - 1957
Yuri Garagin
Russia


28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
Ed White
December 21 - 1968
Project Mercury


29. Why was NASA created?
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
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Sputnik
3


30. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Project Mercury
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Project Mercury
Yuri Garagin


31. When was the Explorer I launched?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
7
October 4 - 1957
January 31 - 1958


32. Name the 7 original astronauts
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
1962
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
3


33. hen was NASA created?
1958
Sputnik
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.


34. When was the Explorer I launched?
Ed White
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
January 31 - 1958
1958


35. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
October 4 - 1957
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Gemini
6


36. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
1962
November 3 - 1957
58 cm in diameter
3


37. What date did the first American walk in space?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
1962
June 3 - 1965
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch


38. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
June 3 - 1965
Apollo 8


39. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
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.
Apollo 8
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch


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

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41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
October 4 - 1957
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Russia


42. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
April 12 - 1981
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'


43. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
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
October 4 - 1957


44. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 10
Apollo 11
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders


45. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Gemini
April 12 - 1981
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.


46. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 8
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders


47. What is the date the first human flew in space?
Lengthened;
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
April 12 - 1961
ST51


48. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Yuri Garagin
Lengthened;
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
April 12 - 1961


49. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Apollo 11
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
December 21 - 1968
Yuri Garagin


50. What is the LEM?

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