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