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