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