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