NASA Space Program

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1. What is the LEM?

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2. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
John Glenn
November 3 - 1957
October 4 - 1957


3. When was the first space shuttle launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
1962
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
April 12 - 1981


4. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Ed White
Odyssey; Aquarios
7
Oxygen tank burst


5. Name the 7 original astronauts
3
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
ST51


6. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
...
Oxygen tank burst
Odyssey; Aquarios
October 4 - 1957


7. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Project Mercury
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch


8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
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
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Oxygen tank burst
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.


9. What is the date the first human flew in space?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Yuri Garagin
Apollo 10
April 12 - 1961


10. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

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11. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
John Glenn
58 cm in diameter
Russia
Lengthened;


12. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
John F. Kennedy
1958
Russia


13. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

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14. What were the first words from the moon?

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15. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
1962
January 31 - 1958


16. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
John F. Kennedy
6
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Odyssey; Aquarios


17. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
November 3 - 1957
147 hrs - 42 secs.
April 12 - 1981
Russia


18. 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.
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
7
July 20 - 1969


19. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
John F. Kennedy
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika


20. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
John Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 8
Friendship Capsule


21. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lengthened;
6


22. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Odyssey; Aquarios
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
3
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)


23. 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
June 3 - 1965
Yuri Garagin
April 12 - 1981


24. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Yuri Garagin
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
January 31 - 1958
6


25. When was the first space shuttle launched?
April 12 - 1981
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
June 3 - 1965
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)


26. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
January 31 - 1958


27. hen was NASA created?
1958
July 20 - 1969
November 3 - 1957
Friendship Capsule


28. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
58 cm in diameter
Sputnik
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


29. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
3
July 20 - 1969
November 3 - 1957
Odyssey; Aquarios


30. 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.
Sputnik
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
April 12 - 1961


31. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
June 3 - 1965
...
Friendship Capsule
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'


32. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
John Glenn
Project Gemini


33. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
John F. Kennedy
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
...


34. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1961
Yuri Garagin
1962
6


35. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Oxygen tank burst
November 3 - 1957
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
October 4 - 1957


36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Lengthened;
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
April 12 - 1961
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'


37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Apollo 11
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton


38. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
October 4 - 1957
Project Gemini
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Oxygen tank burst


39. Who was president when NASA was created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
John F. Kennedy


40. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
ST51
Project Gemini
3
Apollo 11


41. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
April 12 - 1981
Ed White


42. How many flights were in 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
6
Russia
...


43. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
Odyssey; Aquarios
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Apollo 11


44. 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
147 hrs - 42 secs.
1962
...


45. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
58 cm in diameter
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
147 hrs - 42 secs.
7


46. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Friendship Capsule
Russia
John Glenn
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget


47. When was the Explorer I launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
April 12 - 1981
January 31 - 1958
Apollo 10


48. hen was NASA created?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
1958


49. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

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50. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 8
John Glenn