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