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