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NASA Space Program

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1. When did the first American orbit the 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
Lengthened;
June 3 - 1965
1962

2. What does NASA stand for?
Project Mercury
John F. Kennedy
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

3. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
John F. Kennedy
January 31 - 1958

4. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
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
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Odyssey; Aquarios
Friendship Capsule

5. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
ST51
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
3

6. Who was president when NASA was created?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Lengthened;
Project Mercury
John F. Kennedy

7. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Ed White
Project Mercury
Lengthened;
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

8. What does NASA stand for?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Russia

9. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
Friendship Capsule
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
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

10. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
58 cm in diameter
1958
Friendship Capsule
147 hrs - 42 secs.

11. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
6

12. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

13. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
1962
Apollo 10
Ed White

14. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
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7
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

15. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
December 21 - 1968
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
October 4 - 1957

16. hen was NASA created?
April 12 - 1961
Sputnik
1958
Project Mercury

17. What is the LEM?

18. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Russia
Project Mercury
Friendship Capsule
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle

19. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Sputnik
Sputnik

20. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Ed White
147 hrs - 42 secs.
...
...

21. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
November 3 - 1957
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Oxygen tank burst

22. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
John F. Kennedy
November 3 - 1957
Sputnik

23. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Yuri Garagin
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Project Gemini
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 was the objective of the Apollo Program?
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
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
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
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

26. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
January 31 - 1958
December 21 - 1968
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Project Gemini

27. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Russia
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
John Glenn

28. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
1958
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Apollo 11

29. What is the date the first human flew in space?
April 12 - 1961
1962
John F. Kennedy
Project Mercury

30. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 8
Project Mercury

31. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
6
3
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

32. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
...
6
Apollo 10
Oxygen tank burst

33. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
1958
...

34. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
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
Odyssey; Aquarios
November 3 - 1957
June 3 - 1965

35. When was the first space shuttle launched?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
April 12 - 1981
April 12 - 1961
'Houston - the eagle has landed'

36. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

37. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

38. What date did the first American walk in space?
Lengthened;
June 3 - 1965
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
58 cm in diameter

39. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
1962
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
...

40. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
January 31 - 1958
Ed White
6

41. Name the 7 original astronauts
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
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
Russia

42. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
...
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John Glenn
Project Gemini

43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Project Gemini
October 4 - 1957
Friendship Capsule
Russia

44. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

45. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Oxygen tank burst
Project Mercury
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle

46. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 10
1962
Apollo 11
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

47. Why was NASA created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Project Gemini
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

48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Project Mercury
Apollo 8
October 4 - 1957
Apollo 11

49. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Friendship Capsule
Apollo 10

50. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Project Gemini
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Oxygen tank burst
John F. Kennedy