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