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