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