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