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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 name of the first space shuttle launched?
Friendship Capsule
7
ST51
October 4 - 1957
2. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
3. What were the first words from the moon?
4. hen was NASA created?
1958
Project Mercury
1962
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
5. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
John Glenn
Apollo 11
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
6. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
December 21 - 1968
1962
3
7. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
58 cm in diameter
Odyssey; Aquarios
6
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
8. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
December 21 - 1968
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Project Mercury
...
9. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Ed White
John Glenn
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Odyssey; Aquarios
10. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Gemini
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
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
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
11. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
April 12 - 1981
Sputnik
Apollo 11
12. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Project Mercury
Ed White
13. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Sputnik
Russia
Apollo 10
14. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Yuri Garagin
Apollo 8
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Apollo 10
15. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Project Mercury
Yuri Garagin
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
16. Who was the first human to fly in space?
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
June 3 - 1965
Yuri Garagin
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
17. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
Ed White
October 4 - 1957
Project Gemini
18. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
January 31 - 1958
Yuri Garagin
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
147 hrs - 42 secs.
19. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
6
October 4 - 1957
7
20. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Yuri Garagin
October 4 - 1957
Oxygen tank burst
June 3 - 1965
21. Name the 7 original astronauts
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
November 3 - 1957
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
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
22. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 11
Apollo 8
23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
58 cm in diameter
1958
Russia
July 20 - 1969
24. Who was president when NASA was created?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
John F. Kennedy
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
25. Why was NASA created?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
26. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
ST51
Project Gemini
ST51
27. hen was NASA created?
1958
Lengthened;
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Russia
28. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Yuri Garagin
Lengthened;
Ed White
April 12 - 1961
29. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
John Glenn
Russia
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
30. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
3
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
58 cm in diameter
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
31. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
32. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
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.
Apollo 8
33. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
November 3 - 1957
7
January 31 - 1958
34. Why was NASA created?
Odyssey; Aquarios
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
June 3 - 1965
...
35. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
John F. Kennedy
6
36. What were the first words from the moon?
37. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Oxygen tank burst
7
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
3
38. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
39. When did the first American orbit the earth?
June 3 - 1965
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
1962
40. When was the Explorer I launched?
April 12 - 1981
Oxygen tank burst
January 31 - 1958
October 4 - 1957
41. What does NASA stand for?
July 20 - 1969
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Apollo 11
42. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
43. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
ST51
7
January 31 - 1958
Apollo 10
44. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Apollo 11
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
November 3 - 1957
45. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
John Glenn
1962
July 20 - 1969
46. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Russia
Russia
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Apollo 10
47. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Mercury
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Apollo 8
48. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
6
December 21 - 1968
Friendship Capsule
Project Mercury
49. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
3
John Glenn
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
50. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
January 31 - 1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration