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