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