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