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