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