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