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