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