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