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