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