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