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