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