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