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