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