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