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NASA Space Program

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1. 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.
Ed White
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.

2. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Russia
58 cm in diameter
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Yuri Garagin

3. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
Yuri Garagin
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

4. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
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
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

5. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
ST51
Lengthened;
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Project Gemini

6. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
3
July 20 - 1969
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
147 hrs - 42 secs.

7. Name the 7 original astronauts
1958
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ST51

8. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Project Gemini
John Glenn
Ed White

9. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Friendship Capsule
Project Gemini
58 cm in diameter
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program

10. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Sputnik
Lengthened;
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

11. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
June 3 - 1965
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Oxygen tank burst

12. hen was NASA created?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
1958
January 31 - 1958
Project Mercury

13. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
November 3 - 1957
Lengthened;

14. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Mercury
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Project Mercury

15. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Apollo 8
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
6

16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Russia
...

17. What is the LEM?

18. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

19. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Project Gemini
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

20. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
...
3

21. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7
Project Gemini
Apollo 11

22. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
November 3 - 1957
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

23. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
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
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Apollo 11
John F. Kennedy

24. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
November 3 - 1957

25. Why was NASA created?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Odyssey; Aquarios
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
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

26. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Russia
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Project Gemini

27. What is the LEM?

28. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
'Houston - the eagle has landed'

29. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
April 12 - 1981
July 20 - 1969
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

30. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
Project Mercury
April 12 - 1981
6

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

32. When was the Explorer I launched?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
58 cm in diameter
January 31 - 1958

33. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
June 3 - 1965
Ed White
Sputnik
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

34. What is the date the first human flew in space?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1962
April 12 - 1961

35. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Sputnik
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
...

36. Name the 7 original astronauts
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
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.
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

37. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
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
Project Gemini

38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
July 20 - 1969
Yuri Garagin

39. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
1962
3
January 31 - 1958

40. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
3
November 3 - 1957
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Russia

41. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
...
Project Mercury
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
John Glenn

42. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

43. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
...
1958
Project Mercury
7

44. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Lengthened;
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Russia
...

45. What were the first words from the moon?

46. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
ST51
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Project Gemini

47. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
7
6
Friendship Capsule
147 hrs - 42 secs.

48. hen was NASA created?
Yuri Garagin
Oxygen tank burst
1958
7

49. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Russia
April 12 - 1961
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

50. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Friendship Capsule
July 20 - 1969
ST51
Apollo 11