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