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