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