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