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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
1958
6

2. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Friendship Capsule
Sputnik
Project Gemini
ST51

3. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Russia
Friendship Capsule
November 3 - 1957

4. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
December 21 - 1968
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
58 cm in diameter
January 31 - 1958

5. When did the first American orbit the earth?
January 31 - 1958
1962
ST51
John F. Kennedy

6. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
April 12 - 1961
'Houston - the eagle has landed'

7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
November 3 - 1957
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

8. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
3
Project Gemini
Russia
October 4 - 1957

9. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury
Lengthened;
3

10. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Gemini

11. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Project Mercury
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

12. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Project Gemini

13. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Russia
January 31 - 1958
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

14. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
December 21 - 1968
1962
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

15. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
7
December 21 - 1968
October 4 - 1957

16. 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.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
July 20 - 1969

17. What date did the first American walk in space?
Project Mercury
June 3 - 1965
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 11

18. When was the Explorer I launched?
November 3 - 1957
3
Project Gemini
January 31 - 1958

19. What were the first words from the moon?

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20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 8
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
6
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

22. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Project Gemini
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Apollo 11
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
ST51

24. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
June 3 - 1965

25. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
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.
Odyssey; Aquarios
July 20 - 1969

26. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

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27. Name the 7 original astronauts
John F. Kennedy
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Friendship Capsule
November 3 - 1957

28. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
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

29. How long was the flight 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
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Sputnik
1962

30. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

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31. Why was NASA created?
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 11
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

32. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
ST51
John Glenn
58 cm in diameter
April 12 - 1961

33. What is the LEM?

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34. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Lengthened;
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

35. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
1962
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
6
...

36. When was the Explorer I launched?
7
Oxygen tank burst
ST51
January 31 - 1958

37. 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
Project Mercury
John F. Kennedy
Friendship Capsule

38. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Oxygen tank burst
Lengthened;
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Yuri Garagin

39. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
Apollo 11
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 11

40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
April 12 - 1981
November 3 - 1957
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

41. Why was NASA created?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
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
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
1958

42. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
Project Mercury
November 3 - 1957
Odyssey; Aquarios

43. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
Project Gemini
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
6
Sputnik

44. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
58 cm in diameter
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
ST51

45. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
3
Apollo 8
Friendship Capsule
Russia

46. What is the date the first human flew in space?
...
7
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 10

47. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
October 4 - 1957
January 31 - 1958
Russia

48. 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
Yuri Garagin
...
Apollo 8

49. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
ST51
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
January 31 - 1958
...

50. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
58 cm in diameter
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Yuri Garagin
December 21 - 1968