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