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NASA Space Program

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1. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Apollo 10
Project Mercury
Oxygen tank burst
147 hrs - 42 secs.

2. hen was NASA created?
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 landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
1958
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

3. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
1962
Ed White
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Odyssey; Aquarios

4. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Lengthened;
Project Mercury
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
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

5. Who was president when NASA was created?
John F. Kennedy
Friendship Capsule
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Ed White

6. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
3
Russia
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

7. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Project Gemini
3
Oxygen tank burst
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

8. 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
November 3 - 1957
The Luna's Excursion Module (landing gear)
January 31 - 1958

9. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
July 20 - 1969
3
ST51
...

10. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Apollo 11
Apollo 8
1958

11. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Lengthened;
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program

12. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Friendship Capsule
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

13. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Odyssey; Aquarios
Odyssey; Aquarios
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
Ed White

14. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
Project Gemini
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika

15. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
John Glenn
July 20 - 1969
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Apollo 8
April 12 - 1981
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch

17. 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
July 20 - 1969
58 cm in diameter

18. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
58 cm in diameter
December 21 - 1968
Russia

19. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lengthened;

20. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Lengthened;
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Russia

21. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
58 cm in diameter
...
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
John Glenn

22. hen was NASA created?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
Russia
1958
Project Gemini

23. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
...
1962
3
1962

24. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
58 cm in diameter
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Project Gemini

25. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
Sputnik
147 hrs - 42 secs.
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

26. Why was NASA created?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
Project Mercury
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

27. Who was the first human to fly in space?
6
April 12 - 1961
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Yuri Garagin

28. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

29. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

30. What country was the first human to fly in space from?
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
November 3 - 1957
Russia
7

31. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
...
Project Mercury
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders
1958

32. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
58 cm in diameter
Ed White
John Glenn

33. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
Ed White
Apollo 8
Yuri Garagin
7

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

35. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
1958
7
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 11

36. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Oxygen tank burst
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
3

37. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
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
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

38. What date did the first American walk in space?
June 3 - 1965
147 hrs - 42 secs.
58 cm in diameter
Apollo 10

39. What were the first words from the moon?

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

41. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Sputnik
1958
Yuri Garagin
Odyssey; Aquarios

42. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Lengthened;
...
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee

43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
January 31 - 1958
October 4 - 1957
June 3 - 1965
January 31 - 1958

44. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?
7
April 12 - 1981
Odyssey; Aquarios
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.

45. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
November 3 - 1957
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

46. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
1958
John F. Kennedy

47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?
April 12 - 1961
Apollo 11
Lengthened;
John Glenn

48. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Sputnik
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Friendship Capsule

49. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Oxygen tank burst
January 31 - 1958
October 4 - 1957

50. What is the LEM?