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