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