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