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