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