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