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Science NASA Emily B
Wilson Hall NASA Science Notes - 6th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oct. 1st, 1958 | NASA was founded |
| Air & Water | Fluids |
| 1961 | first USA man in space |
| 1962 | first man orbited Earth |
| 1961 - 1963 | Mercury Project |
| 1965 - 1966 | Gemini Project |
| 1967 - 1978 | Apollo Project |
| Main Purpose of Apollo | Put men on the moon |
| fluids have ability to | take the shape of a container |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| aero | air |
| naus | ship |
| nautic | ship |
| purposes of Mercury Project | orbit manned spacecraft, recover man and craft, and investigate man's ability to function in space |
| Russia launched | Sputnik I |
| Alan Shepard's spacecraft | Freedom 7 |
| Mercury was | Roman false god - messenger; traveler |
| Purpose of Gemini Project | rondevoing and docking with other spacecrafts |
| Gemini 8 pilot | Niel Armstrong |
| Gemini 12 pilot | "Buzz" Aldrin |
| Capsules wer called so because... | They were so small the men could barely fit in it. |
| astro | star |
| astronaut | star sailor |
| What happened on Apollo I? | fire on launch pad killed the crew |
| CM | command module |
| LM | lunar module |
| SM | service module |
| module | a part that has a specific purpose or function |
| Apollo missions had no crew 'til... | Apollo 7 |
| Apollos 11 12 14 15 16 17 all | landed on the moon |
| all manned Apollo flights had | a crew of 3 men |
| Apollo 11 crew | Buzz Aldrin, Niel Armstrong, & Michael Collins |
| Houston | communication center for NASA |
| Cape Canaveral, FL | launch center for NASA |
| Apollo 15 | 1st to use lunar rover |
| Apollo 17 | last men on moon |
| 1975 | Apollo 18 & Russian Soyuz docked in space |
| Apollo 16 | Charlie Duke from SC walked on the moon - got lunar rover to 18 mph |
| lunar | moon |
| Apollo 13 | O2 tanks exploded, crew climbed into LM and aimed at Earth |
| Alan Shepard's flight lasted | 15 min. |