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NASA Space Program

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1. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1961
Russia
November 3 - 1957
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

2. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
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
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

3. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
7
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
John Glenn

4. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)

5. What were the first words from the moon?

6. When did the first American orbit the earth?
58 cm in diameter
Ed White
November 3 - 1957
1962

7. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
Project Mercury
Russia
7

8. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Oxygen tank burst
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Russia
Project Gemini

9. Why was NASA created?
Russia
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
January 31 - 1958

10. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
July 20 - 1969
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Russia

11. What is the LEM?

12. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
...
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Russia

13. When was the first space shuttle 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
Lengthened;
April 12 - 1981

14. What is the LEM?

15. What does NASA stand for?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
58 cm in diameter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

16. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
January 31 - 1958
58 cm in diameter
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 11

17. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

18. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
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
November 3 - 1957

19. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
January 31 - 1958
Apollo 11
Project Mercury
7

20. 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
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 8
Ed White

21. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
6
Project Mercury
July 20 - 1969

22. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
...
58 cm in diameter
58 cm in diameter
Project Mercury

23. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for 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
Project Gemini
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
6

24. What date did the first American walk in space?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
July 20 - 1969
June 3 - 1965
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

25. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
3
October 4 - 1957
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

27. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Oxygen tank burst
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 11

28. When was the Explorer I launched?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
January 31 - 1958
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
...

29. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
7
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
3

30. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
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
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Oxygen tank burst

31. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 11
Russia
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
1962

32. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
June 3 - 1965
John Glenn
Sputnik

33. When did the first American orbit the earth?
1962
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia

34. 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.
John F. Kennedy
Lengthened;
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

35. Why was NASA created?
Friendship Capsule
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

36. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
7
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Project Gemini
Apollo 10

37. What is the date the first human flew in space?
Sputnik
July 20 - 1969
April 12 - 1961
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

38. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

39. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
58 cm in diameter
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

40. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Apollo 11
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
3
Ed White

41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
58 cm in diameter
November 3 - 1957
April 12 - 1981

42. Who was the first American to walk in space?
April 12 - 1961
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Ed White
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

43. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Yuri Garagin
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Gemini
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

44. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Oxygen tank burst
April 12 - 1981
April 12 - 1961
Project Mercury

45. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Lengthened;

46. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
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.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

47. Name the 7 original astronauts
October 4 - 1957
June 3 - 1965
58 cm in diameter
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

48. What Apollo mission landed 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
Project Mercury
Apollo 11
October 4 - 1957

49. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
Oxygen tank burst
Russia
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

50. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
July 20 - 1969
Apollo 10
Lengthened;
John Glenn