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