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