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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is NASA | America's space program |
| NASA means | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| aero means | air |
| naus means | ship |
| nautic means | sailor, seaman |
| air and water are both | fluids |
| fluids have the ability to flow and take the shape of | containers |
| things can float in | fluids |
| NASA was founded in | October 1st 1958 |
| the space program was divided into several projects with | certian purposes |
| project blank began october 7, 1958 | mercury |
| what is NASA | America's space program |
| NASA means | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| aero means | air |
| naus means | ship |
| nautic means | sailor, seaman |
| air and water are both | fluids |
| fluids have the ability to flow and take the shape of | containers |
| things can float in | fluids |
| NASA was founded in | October 1st 1958 |
| the space program was divided into several projects with | certian purposes |
| project blank began october 7, 1958 | mercury |
| project mercury had blank number of ships | it had three |
| what did the first men on the moon put on the moon | the american flag |
| three purposes ofthe first manned space craft | 1:orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth 2:investigate mansability to function in space 3:recover man and spacecraft |
| project mercury began after the soviet union launched | Spunik 1 |
| 6 manned flightswere planned from | 1961-1963 |
| in 1961 who was the first american in space | Alan Shepard |
| Alan Shepards flight lasted | 15 minutes |
| Alan Shepards spacecraft was named | Freedom 7 |
| in 1942 John Glenn was the first man to | orbit the earth |
| John Glenn's flight lasted | 4 hours |
| John Glenn's spacecraft was named | Friendship 7 |
| Why did NASA name the first spacecraft mercury | because the roman god |
| what were all of the Mercury spacecrafts named | Friendship 7, Freedom 7, Liberty 7 |
| the first 7 astronauts were chosen on | April 9, 1959 |
| who were the original 7 | Shepard, Gus Grissom, Cooper, Schirra, Slayton, Glenn, Carpenter |