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The Space Program
NASA notes and definitions (science)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does NASA stand for? | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| aero | air |
| naus | ship |
| nautic | sailor/seaman |
| When was NASA founded? | Oct.1,1958 |
| Whan did project Mercury begin? | Oct.7,1958 |
| What was the most important purpose of the Mercury program | to recover man and space craft |
| Who was the 1st American in space and when did he go up? | Alan Shepard 1961 |
| How long Alan Shepard's flight last? | 15 min. |
| What was Alan Shepard's spacecraft called? | Freedom 7 |
| Who was the 1st man to orbit the earth and when did he go up? | John Glen 1962 |
| What was John Glen's spacecraft called and how long did the flight last | Friendship 7, 4 hours |
| How many flights were included in the Gemini project and when did it go on? | 10, 1965-1966 |
| Who was Gemini 3's pilot? | Gus Grissom |
| Who was Gemini 8's pilot? | Neil Armstrong |
| Who was Gemini 12's pilot? | "Buzz" Aldrin |
| astro | star |
| astronaunt | star sailor |
| When was the Apollo project and what was its purpose? | 1963-1978, to put a man on the moon |
| what were the 3 parts of the Apollo design? | command module, service module, lunar module |
| luna | moon |
| module | a detachable section with a special function |
| Apollo 11 crew | Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins |
| what was the 1st scacecraft to land on the moon? | Apollo 11 |
| What was Apollo 11's LM nicknamed? | the Eagle |
| What did Buzz anounce to Houston when they landed on the moon? | "The Eagle has landed" |
| Where is the communication center for NASA? | Houston, TX |
| Where is the flight/launch center for NASA? | Cape Canaveral, FL |
| What did Neil Armstrong say when he stepped onto the moon? | "One small step for man, one giant leep for mankind." |
| What exploded and where on Apollo 13? | o2 tanks on the SM |
| What did Apollo 13's crew say to TX after the explosion? | "houston we've had a problem" |
| What did Apollo 13's crew do after the explosion? | crawled into the LM, used the small amount of fuel left to aim themselves back to earth, used the LM as a life boat |
| What was the first flight to use a lunar rover? | Apollo 15 |
| On what flight did the lunar rover reach 18mph? | Apollo 16 |
| What was the last fight to the moon and when was it? | Apollo 17, 1972 |
| When did we combine our efforts with Russia to practice a docking in space and what were they called? | 1975, Apollo 18 and Soyuz |
| What was it called when we combine our efforts with Russia to practice a docking in space? | "the handshake in space" |
| What did the president Richard Nixon ask NASA to design? | a reusable spacecraft |
| Air and water are both ___________ | fluids |
| Fluids have the ability to ____ and take the____ of a container. | flow,shape |
| Things can______ in fluids | float |
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