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