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