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