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