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1. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for 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
3
December 21 - 1968
6

2. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
58 cm in diameter

3. When was the Explorer I launched?
Russia
January 31 - 1958
...
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.

4. Who was president when NASA was created?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
John F. Kennedy
Odyssey; Aquarios

5. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?
Project Gemini
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
...
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.

6. What country launched the first artificial satellite?
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
Russia
Project Mercury

7. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
147 hrs - 42 secs.
John F. Kennedy
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton

8. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?
11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - and 17. Stopped due to low budget
Oxygen tank burst
Odyssey; Aquarios
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
November 3 - 1957
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Oxygen tank burst
Ed White

10. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?
April 12 - 1961
3
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

11. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
November 3 - 1957
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

12. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
Odyssey; Aquarios
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Friendship Capsule
James Lovell - Jr - Frank Bormann - William A. Anders

13. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
Apollo 10
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?
Oxygen tank burst
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
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.

15. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
Ed White
58 cm in diameter
1962
Odyssey; Aquarios

16. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?
Project Mercury
Apollo 10
ST51
Yuri Garagin

17. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?
Russia
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
January 31 - 1958
Friendship Capsule

18. What is the LEM?

19. When was the first space shuttle launched?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
January 31 - 1958
April 12 - 1981
147 hrs - 42 secs.

20. Who was president when NASA was created?
3
John F. Kennedy
Oxygen tank burst
Ed White

21. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oxygen tank burst
July 20 - 1969
Russia

22. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
October 4 - 1957
Command module=Columbia; LEM=Eagle
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'

23. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?
7
3
June 3 - 1965
Apollo 11

24. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?
6
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Project Mercury
58 cm in diameter

25. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?

26. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?

27. 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 Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

28. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?

29. When was the Explorer I launched?
January 31 - 1958
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
'Houston - the eagle has landed'
Project Gemini

30. What were the first words from the moon?

31. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Odyssey; Aquarios
December 21 - 1968

32. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?
58 cm in diameter
...
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

33. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
ST51
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

34. Name the 7 original astronauts
Apollo 8
Scott Carpenter - Gordon Cooper - John Glenn - Gus Grisson - Wally Schirra - Alan Shepard - Deke Slayton
John F. Kennedy
58 cm in diameter

35. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?
Russia
1962
Heavy payload and a dog named Laika
November 3 - 1957

36. What were the first words from the moon?

37. Name the 7 original astronauts
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
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
January 31 - 1958

38. hen was NASA created?
April 12 - 1981
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
1958
'Houston - the eagle has landed'

39. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?
ST51
Sputnik
'One small step for man - one giant leap for mankind'
Friendship Capsule

40. What date was the first articial satellite launched?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
Sputnik
October 4 - 1957
January 31 - 1958

41. Name the astronauts of Apollo I
Russia
Virgil Ivan Grissom - Edward Higgins White - II - and Roger Bruce Chaffee
1962
January 31 - 1958

42. Who was the first American to walk in space?
147 hrs - 42 secs.
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
Russia
Ed White

43. 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
6
The landing was different than the landings of the Mercury Program
November 3 - 1957

44. What is the LEM?

45. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?
Project Gemini
June 3 - 1965
In response to the Russian Sputnik launch
...

46. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?
It carried a small scientific payload that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the earth.
Sputnik
Odyssey; Aquarios
7

47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?
Sputnik
Project Gemini
Designed to land humans on the moon - then bring them safely back to earth.
Oxygen tank burst

48. Who was the first American to walk in space?
Ed White
October 4 - 1957
Yuri Garagin
To orbit a manned spacecraft around earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

49. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?
Apollo 10
Ed White
58 cm in diameter
November 3 - 1957

50. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?
There was a launch pad accident - where 3 astronauts were lost.
Odyssey; Aquarios
Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins - Edwin Aldrin - Jr.
October 4 - 1957