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