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