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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
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.
Ed White
58 cm in diameter

2. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Apollo 10
Project Mercury
1962
58 cm in diameter

3. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

4. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Apollo 8
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Odyssey; Aquarios
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

5. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

6. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
Ed White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
...

7. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
Russia
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
...
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

8. When was the first space shuttle launched?
April 12 - 1981
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
November 3 - 1957
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

9. hen was NASA created?
Project Mercury
1958
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
147 hrs - 42 secs.

10. What were the first words from the moon?

11. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Sputnik
Apollo 8
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Apollo 10

12. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Yuri Garagin

13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
3
58 cm in diameter
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
October 4 - 1957

14. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
58 cm in diameter
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
April 12 - 1961

15. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Mercury
Odyssey; Aquarios
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

16. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
Ed White
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
...

17. What is the date the first human flew in space?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
April 12 - 1961
Ed White
Odyssey; Aquarios

18. What date did the first American walk in space?
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
June 3 - 1965
58 cm in diameter
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)

19. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Ed White
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
1962

20. hen was NASA created?
58 cm in diameter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1958
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

21. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Project Gemini
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
ST51

22. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Friendship Capsule
April 12 - 1981
3

23. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Sputnik
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Friendship Capsule
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

24. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Mercury
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
7

25. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

26. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

27. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Project Gemini
October 4 - 1957
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

28. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

29. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Project Mercury
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

30. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Project Mercury
Russia
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

31. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Friendship Capsule
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Russia

32. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 11

33. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
July 20 - 1969
147 hrs - 42 secs.
1958

34. 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
Friendship Capsule
1962
7

35. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 10
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
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
58 cm in diameter

36. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Apollo 11
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Project Gemini

38. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
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
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

39. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
Project Gemini
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Apollo 8
3

40. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
January 31 - 1958
...
Sputnik
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

41. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
November 3 - 1957
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

42. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
ST51

43. Name the 7 original astronauts
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
October 4 - 1957
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

44. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
January 31 - 1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Apollo 10
October 4 - 1957

45. Who was the first human to fly in space?
Yuri Garagin
Friendship Capsule
Apollo 10
April 12 - 1961

46. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
7
December 21 - 1968
Project Gemini
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)

47. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
April 12 - 1961
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

48. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

49. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Friendship Capsule
April 12 - 1961
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

50. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Lengthened;
Russia