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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Apollo 11
Yuri Garagin
1958
Odyssey; Aquarios

2. Name the 7 original astronauts
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
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
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

3. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
7
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Yuri Garagin

4. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Apollo 11
147 hrs - 42 secs.
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

5. When was the Explorer I launched?
1962
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
October 4 - 1957
January 31 - 1958

6. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Apollo 11
Sputnik
Project Mercury

7. When was the Explorer I launched?
December 21 - 1968
April 12 - 1981
January 31 - 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

8. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Project Mercury
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
John Glenn
Apollo 8

9. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
April 12 - 1961
John Glenn

10. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
6
1962
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
ST51

11. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Russia
Apollo 10
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

12. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
December 21 - 1968
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
...
Lengthened;

13. When did the first American orbit the earth?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
1962

14. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
...
Odyssey; Aquarios
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Project Mercury

15. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Apollo 10
Project Mercury

16. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Lengthened;
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Ed White

17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Ed White
November 3 - 1957
Sputnik
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

18. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
Ed White
6
147 hrs - 42 secs.

19. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
1962
3
ST51
Project Gemini

20. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 8
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Apollo 8

21. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

22. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
6
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Oxygen tank burst

23. When was the first space shuttle launched?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Russia
July 20 - 1969
April 12 - 1981

24. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
6
Odyssey; Aquarios
John Glenn

25. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
6
June 3 - 1965
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
ST51

26. What is the date the first human flew in space?
1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
April 12 - 1961
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

27. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
58 cm in diameter
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Lengthened;

28. hen was NASA created?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
1958
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

29. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
John Glenn
Project Mercury
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)

30. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Lengthened;
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget

31. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
ST51
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Project Gemini
July 20 - 1969

32. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
1958
October 4 - 1957
6
Oxygen tank burst

33. Who was the first human to fly in space?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Yuri Garagin
April 12 - 1981
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

34. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?

35. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Friendship Capsule
April 12 - 1981
7
Oxygen tank burst

36. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
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
Apollo 10
Oxygen tank burst
Russia

37. Who was president when NASA was created?
Ed White
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
John F. Kennedy
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

38. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Sputnik
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
December 21 - 1968
Project Gemini

39. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Project Gemini
Apollo 11
Apollo 8

40. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
58 cm in diameter
April 12 - 1981
John F. Kennedy

41. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
November 3 - 1957
July 20 - 1969
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Russia

42. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Lengthened;
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
October 4 - 1957

43. When did the first American orbit the earth?
Yuri Garagin
1962
1958
October 4 - 1957

44. hen was NASA created?
Sputnik
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Ed White
1958

45. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
7
Sputnik
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

46. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Project Gemini
1962
7
July 20 - 1969

47. What were the first words from the moon?

48. What does NASA stand for?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
58 cm in diameter

49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

50. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Apollo 11
Oxygen tank burst
Lengthened;
John Glenn