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