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