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