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NASA Space Program
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
6
Sputnik
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.
2. 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
Apollo 8
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
3. Who was president when NASA was created?
John Glenn
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
ST51
John F. Kennedy
4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
6
November 3 - 1957
April 12 - 1961
Russia
5. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
Odyssey; Aquarios
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 8
6. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
...
1962
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
7. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Mercury
Apollo 8
Friendship Capsule
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
8. hen was NASA created?
John Glenn
April 12 - 1961
1958
John F. Kennedy
9. When did the first American orbit the earth?
December 21 - 1968
1962
Project Mercury
Oxygen tank burst
10. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Mercury
Odyssey; Aquarios
December 21 - 1968
Friendship Capsule
11. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
12. Who was president when NASA was created?
Ed White
John Glenn
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
John F. Kennedy
13. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
58 cm in diameter
ST51
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
14. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
1958
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
John F. Kennedy
15. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
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.
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
16. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Project Gemini
Russia
...
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
17. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1981
1962
April 12 - 1961
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
18. 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.
Odyssey; Aquarios
...
John Glenn
19. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Apollo 11
April 12 - 1981
Project Mercury
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
20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
ST51
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Russia
Friendship Capsule
21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
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
Russia
22. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Lengthened;
October 4 - 1957
6
Apollo 11
23. 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
Ed White
1962
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
24. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
25. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Russia
...
26. 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
Ed White
Project Mercury
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
27. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
ST51
Project Mercury
Friendship Capsule
Sputnik
28. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
April 12 - 1961
58 cm in diameter
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
January 31 - 1958
29. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
October 4 - 1957
30. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Russia
Apollo 11
31. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
1958
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
June 3 - 1965
32. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
John Glenn
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Oxygen tank burst
33. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
Ed White
December 21 - 1968
6
34. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
ST51
July 20 - 1969
Russia
John F. Kennedy
35. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Apollo 10
June 3 - 1965
36. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Apollo 11
Russia
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
7
37. What were the first words from the moon?
38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
...
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 8
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
39. What date did the first American walk in space?
Odyssey; Aquarios
John F. Kennedy
June 3 - 1965
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
40. What date did the first American walk in space?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
3
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
June 3 - 1965
41. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
John F. Kennedy
Odyssey; Aquarios
Russia
July 20 - 1969
42. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
John Glenn
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Apollo 8
43. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
...
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
44. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Project Mercury
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
April 12 - 1981
Lengthened;
45. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
46. Who was the first American to walk in space?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
April 12 - 1961
Ed White
47. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
48. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
1958
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
49. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
...
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
July 20 - 1969
John F. Kennedy
50. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
6
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Project Gemini