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