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