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