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| America's space program. | NASA
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| NASA stands for: | Natoina Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| what does Aero mean? | air
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| what does naus mean? | ship
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| what does nautic mean? | Sailor/Seamen
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| Air and water are both: | fluids
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| Fluids have the ability to: | flow
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| fact: | things can flow in fluids.
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| NASA was founded in: | october 1,1958
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| Project Mercury began: | 0ct.7,1958 one year after th soviet Union launched Sputnik 1
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| Mercury was USA's first manned space program purposes: | 1 orbit a manned spce craft around the earth.2 investigate man's ability to function in space3recover man and spacecraft.
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| _ manned flights were planned from ____-____ | 6,1961-1963
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| 1961 was the first man in space. | Alan Shepard his flight was 15 min.
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| Alan Shepard was on a spacecraft named: | Freedom 7
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| 1962 was the first man to orbit the earth. | John Glen his flight lasted 4hr.
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| John Glen was on a spacecraft named: | Friendship 7
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| Why did NASA name the 1st project Mercury? | Because mercury was a Roman God mercury was the "messenger" or "traveler"
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| John F. Kennedy's goal was: | to put man on the moon(1963)
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| Why were all the mercury spacecrafts #7? | (april 9,1959) the first 7 astronauts were chosen so 7 on the spacecrafts stood for the "Original 7"
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| Gemini project purpose: | orbit earth,test new equipment,test weightlessness.
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| Gemini3-pilot Gus Grrisson | Flight almost 5hrs.
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| Gemini 8- pilot Neil Armstrong was almost killed, what saved his life. | A ballpoint pen
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| gemini 10,12 pilot - | pilot "Buzz" Aldrin
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| what does astro mean? | star
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| what does astronaut mean? | star sailor
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| Apollo 1-crew:Edward , "Gus" Grissom,Roger Chaffe | killed 3 men sitting launch pad
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| no crew until: | Apollo7
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| the capsule was ______ and was tested for __________ | red,flaws
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| apollo 7 consisted of 3 parts: | CM,SM,LM
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| what does lunar mean? | moon
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| detatchableunit one used for a specific purpose , usually to other units | module
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| apollo 11,12,14,15,16,17 all : | landed on the moon
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| Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins: | best pilots
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| apollo mission had 3 crew members | 1pilot of the command module and 2 passengers in the LM
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| Apollo 11's nickname. | "The Eagle
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| When the LM landed on the surface of th moon it: | shook the moon.
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| NASA's communication center is in | Houston,TX
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