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NASA Space Program

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1. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Yuri Garagin
Oxygen tank burst
November 3 - 1957
November 3 - 1957

2. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
1958
Oxygen tank burst
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 10

3. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Oxygen tank burst
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Russia
Friendship Capsule

4. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 10
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia

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

6. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Ed White
ST51
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Apollo 10

7. hen was NASA created?
Project Gemini
Ed White
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
1958

8. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
Friendship Capsule
Oxygen tank burst
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

9. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
7
ST51
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Project Mercury

10. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
58 cm in diameter
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

11. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Project Gemini
...
June 3 - 1965

12. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
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
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle

13. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
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.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Sputnik

14. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

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

16. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
Oxygen tank burst
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
Lengthened;

17. When was the first space shuttle launched?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Apollo 10
Lengthened;
April 12 - 1981

18. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Friendship Capsule
Ed White
1962
Apollo 8

19. 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.
Friendship Capsule
April 12 - 1961
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

20. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Project Mercury
Apollo 10
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Sputnik

21. What does NASA stand for?
April 12 - 1981
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
January 31 - 1958
John Glenn

22. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
October 4 - 1957
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

23. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Lengthened;
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

24. Who was president when NASA was created?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
58 cm in diameter
John F. Kennedy
John Glenn

25. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
July 20 - 1969
147 hrs - 42 secs.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

26. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 8
1962
...

27. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Apollo 11
Ed White
Apollo 8
John Glenn

28. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
June 3 - 1965
ST51
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

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

30. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
ST51
Sputnik
1962

31. Why was NASA created?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
...
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

32. Name the 7 original astronauts
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
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
Project Mercury
Russia

33. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
7
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
October 4 - 1957

34. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
1962
Friendship Capsule
ST51
November 3 - 1957

36. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Ed White
July 20 - 1969
Russia

37. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Oxygen tank burst
1962
Apollo 10
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

38. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Lengthened;
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Odyssey; Aquarios
Apollo 11

39. 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
Apollo 8
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
April 12 - 1961

40. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 10
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John F. Kennedy

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

42. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Project Gemini
147 hrs - 42 secs.

43. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
ST51
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

44. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
6
ST51
7
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'

45. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
John Glenn
6
Russia

46. Why was NASA created?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
John F. Kennedy

47. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
October 4 - 1957
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program

48. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
6
June 3 - 1965

49. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
...
...

50. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Yuri Garagin
ST51
Sputnik