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