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