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NASA Space Program
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 8
Odyssey; Aquarios
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
58 cm in diameter
2. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
ST51
1958
3
3. Name the 7 original astronauts
Friendship Capsule
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
Apollo 11
7
4. Name the 7 original astronauts
November 3 - 1957
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Oxygen tank burst
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
5. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
1962
1958
...
Project Gemini
6. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Ed White
Project Gemini
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.
7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
November 3 - 1957
147 hrs - 42 secs.
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
8. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
7
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
9. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
Oxygen tank burst
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Russia
6
10. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?
11. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
ST51
Ed White
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
12. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
April 12 - 1981
6
Apollo 10
November 3 - 1957
13. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
December 21 - 1968
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
58 cm in diameter
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
14. What is the LEM?
15. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Apollo 10
November 3 - 1957
...
...
16. What does NASA stand for?
Lengthened;
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
17. Who was the first human to fly in space?
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Yuri Garagin
Project Mercury
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
18. Who was president when NASA was created?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
John F. Kennedy
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
6
19. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
December 21 - 1968
Project Mercury
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Lengthened;
Apollo 11
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
21. What does NASA stand for?
Russia
Sputnik
John F. Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
22. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Ed White
23. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 10
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
John Glenn
24. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Ed White
John F. Kennedy
25. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Mercury
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Friendship Capsule
26. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
January 31 - 1958
Odyssey; Aquarios
27. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
Project Gemini
Yuri Garagin
1958
28. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Project Mercury
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 10
Russia
29. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
ST51
January 31 - 1958
Project Gemini
30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
October 4 - 1957
Project Mercury
ST51
31. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
April 12 - 1961
32. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
3
33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
Russia
Project Mercury
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
November 3 - 1957
34. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
John F. Kennedy
Oxygen tank burst
Project Gemini
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
35. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
3
36. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
June 3 - 1965
Oxygen tank burst
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
37. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Sputnik
147 hrs - 42 secs.
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
38. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Odyssey; Aquarios
July 20 - 1969
1958
39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
January 31 - 1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Russia
December 21 - 1968
40. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Project Mercury
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Project Gemini
58 cm in diameter
41. What is the LEM?
42. What were the first words from the moon?
43. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Friendship Capsule
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Project Mercury
December 21 - 1968
44. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Lengthened;
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
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
45. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
3
Apollo 8
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Odyssey; Aquarios
46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Oxygen tank burst
October 4 - 1957
147 hrs - 42 secs.
47. When was the Explorer I launched?
July 20 - 1969
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
Apollo 11
January 31 - 1958
48. What were the first words from the moon?
49. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
Apollo 10
Lengthened;
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
50. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
1958
Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sputnik