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