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