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