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