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NASA Space Program
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1. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Ed White
2. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
3. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
December 21 - 1968
Ed White
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
July 20 - 1969
4. When was the Explorer I launched?
December 21 - 1968
Apollo 11
January 31 - 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
5. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Russia
Apollo 11
Odyssey; Aquarios
6. What were the first words from the moon?
7. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
8. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Lengthened;
3
Friendship Capsule
Sputnik
9. What is the LEM?
10. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Project Gemini
July 20 - 1969
1962
November 3 - 1957
11. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Lengthened;
Oxygen tank burst
October 4 - 1957
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
12. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
June 3 - 1965
1958
Russia
6
13. hen was NASA created?
1958
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
June 3 - 1965
147 hrs - 42 secs.
14. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Ed White
John Glenn
58 cm in diameter
15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
April 12 - 1961
6
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
16. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
June 3 - 1965
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
3
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
17. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
John Glenn
147 hrs - 42 secs.
18. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
19. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
April 12 - 1961
Odyssey; Aquarios
ST51
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oxygen tank burst
21. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Friendship Capsule
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
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
22. Name the 7 original astronauts
Ed White
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Odyssey; Aquarios
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
Russia
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
24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Oxygen tank burst
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
October 4 - 1957
25. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1958
Russia
147 hrs - 42 secs.
1962
26. Why was NASA created?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
3
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
27. 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
April 12 - 1981
November 3 - 1957
Odyssey; Aquarios
28. When was the first space shuttle launched?
John F. Kennedy
6
April 12 - 1981
Apollo 8
29. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
November 3 - 1957
Apollo 11
ST51
30. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
31. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Yuri Garagin
November 3 - 1957
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
32. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Lengthened;
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Oxygen tank burst
33. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Friendship Capsule
Sputnik
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
October 4 - 1957
34. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
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.
35. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Ed White
Project Mercury
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 Glenn
36. What were the first words from the moon?
37. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 8
Apollo 10
38. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
147 hrs - 42 secs.
October 4 - 1957
39. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
1958
3
40. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
41. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
42. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
John Glenn
Project Mercury
58 cm in diameter
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
43. Who was president when NASA was created?
Apollo 11
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
John F. Kennedy
44. What does NASA stand for?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Mercury
...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
45. What date did the first American walk in space?
Apollo 10
...
June 3 - 1965
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
46. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 11
Odyssey; Aquarios
Ed White
47. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
48. 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
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
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
49. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Project Gemini
January 31 - 1958
October 4 - 1957
Ed White
50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
November 3 - 1957
Odyssey; Aquarios
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
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