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NASA Space Program
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Project Mercury
John Glenn
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
2. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Apollo 11
Apollo 8
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
3
3. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
4. What is the date the first human flew in space?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
July 20 - 1969
April 12 - 1961
January 31 - 1958
5. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
November 3 - 1957
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Project Mercury
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
6. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
April 12 - 1981
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
3
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Odyssey; Aquarios
8. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Russia
Sputnik
ST51
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
9. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Ed White
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
October 4 - 1957
10. hen was NASA created?
Apollo 10
Apollo 8
June 3 - 1965
1958
11. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
January 31 - 1958
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
12. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
John Glenn
Yuri Garagin
Apollo 10
Friendship Capsule
13. What is the date the first human flew in space?
3
April 12 - 1961
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
147 hrs - 42 secs.
14. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?
15. What date did the first American walk in space?
7
Odyssey; Aquarios
June 3 - 1965
58 cm in diameter
16. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
6
November 3 - 1957
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
17. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Russia
Friendship Capsule
Odyssey; Aquarios
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
18. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 10
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
19. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
July 20 - 1969
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Odyssey; Aquarios
20. Why was NASA created?
Lengthened;
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
6
June 3 - 1965
21. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
ST51
Apollo 10
Russia
22. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Friendship Capsule
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Ed White
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
23. Name the 7 original astronauts
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Apollo 10
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 11
24. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Russia
John Glenn
Sputnik
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
25. What were the first words from the moon?
26. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
July 20 - 1969
Russia
John F. Kennedy
ST51
27. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
28. What is the LEM?
29. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
October 4 - 1957
Apollo 11
Apollo 10
30. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Russia
147 hrs - 42 secs.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
58 cm in diameter
31. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Ed White
January 31 - 1958
June 3 - 1965
32. Who was president when NASA was created?
Friendship Capsule
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
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
John F. Kennedy
33. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
July 20 - 1969
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
34. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
Ed White
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
3
35. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Project Mercury
July 20 - 1969
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
6
36. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
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
ST51
Apollo 8
58 cm in diameter
37. When did the first American orbit the earth?
April 12 - 1981
1962
John F. Kennedy
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
38. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?
39. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
November 3 - 1957
1958
Apollo 10
40. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
41. What does NASA stand for?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
...
42. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
1958
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
April 12 - 1961
43. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Ed White
John Glenn
ST51
Project Gemini
44. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
Sputnik
7
Odyssey; Aquarios
45. Who was the first American to walk in space?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
November 3 - 1957
Ed White
...
46. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
47. When was the first space shuttle launched?
December 21 - 1968
Apollo 10
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
April 12 - 1981
48. What were the first words from the moon?
49. When was the Explorer I launched?
Oxygen tank burst
January 31 - 1958
58 cm in diameter
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
50. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
Russia
...
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Friendship Capsule