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