as 300: unit 3, chapter 6, lessons 1-3.
who was the first american in space?
alan shepard.
what made apollo 13 "successful?"
all 3 astronauts made it back to earth safely.
what was the target of china's anti-satellite missile test in 2007?
an aging chinese weather satellite.
what exploded on apollo 13's service module?
an oxygen tank.
what was the first human spaceflight mission managed jointly by two nations?
apollo-soyuz test project.
which space program carried out experiments on soil mechanics, meteoroids, seismic events, solar wind, and other many areas?
apollo.
what chinese agency is in charge of civil and scientific projects in space?
china national space administration.
what will the rosetta spacecraft study?
comets.
what was the purpose of the soyuz missions according to the soviets?
develop a space station to orbit earth.
who was the first american to "walk" in space?
edward white.
what president's administration do historians trace the apollo program to?
eisenhower.
all gemini flights were manned.
false.
all of the apollo flights orbited the moon.
false.
the voskhod spacecraft were designed from scratch.
false.
what did mission commander zhai zhigang achieve?
first taikonaut to walk in space.
what was the name of the spacecraft that alan shepard launched aboard in may 1961?
freedom 7.
who was the first human in space?
gagarin.
what project was nasa's first attempt to rendezvous in space and dock with a ship already in orbit?
gemini.
what problem did leonov have after his space walk?
getting back into his spacecraft.
what is the driving force of india's space program?
indian space research organization.
what indian space program meets india's telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and emergency rescue needs?
insat.
what was the purpose of project gemini?
intermediate step between mercury and apollo.
what is the driving force of the japanese space exploration?
japan aerospace exploration agency (jaxa).
who was the first american to orbit the earth?
john glenn.
what commercial space business did china say it intended to enter in 1986?
launching satellites.
who was the first man to walk in space?
leonov.
what japanese astronaut was the first in space?
mamoru mohri.
how did the cosmonauts manage the final docking between soyuz 4 and soyuz 5?
manually from their spacecrafts.
what type of experiments did yegorov conduct during his voskhod flight?
medical.
what was nasa's first national manned spaceflight project?
mercury.
what program will the european space agency (esa) partner with in a two-part exploration of mars set for 2016 and 2018?
nasa.
who was the first man to walk on the moon?
neil armstrong.
where did the apollo 1 disaster occur?
on the launch pad.
what did voskhod 1 cosmonauts wear in their space cabin?
overalls.
what equipment failed on the soyuz 1 mission?
parachute system.
what is one key element of the international space station the esa has exclusive responsibility for?
providing the automated transfer vehicle (atv).
what were the "fire arrows" of the sung dynasty's army?
solid-fuel rockets.
what was the professional role of one of the crew on the first multi-manned space flight?
spacecraft designer.
who was the first woman in space?
tereshkova.
what is japan's biggest contribution to the international space station?
the kibo lab.
what does mercury 7 signify?
the seven original astronauts.
how was the reentry of vostok 1 controlled?
through radio commands.
how does the european space agency (esa) take part in human spaceflight?
through the international space station program.
what was the purpose of the chandrayaan-1 moon orbit satellite?
to map the moon's surface in three dimensions.
what was a mission objective of the kaguya moon probe?
to obtain data on the moon's origin.
what is the mission of the indian remote sensing (irs) satellites?
to provide information on agricultural water resources.
what is the mission of the metsat satellites?
to provide meteorological information to india.
which of the following was NOT a goal of project mercury?
to put a man on the moon.
cosmonauts have flown on us space shuttle flights frequently.
true.
on 14 january 1969 the soviet union made its first wintertime launch of a manned spacecraft, soyuz 4.
true.
the apollo 11 mission made the quote, "the eagle has landed," famous.
true.
the apollo 13 mission's key phrase was "ok, houston, we've had a problem here."
true.
what space program accomplished a "first" by sending three people into space?
voskhod.
what space program was responsible for the first person to spend a full day in orbit?
vostok.
what is one thing scientists hope to learn from the rosetta mission?
what conditions were like as the solar system formed.
what overarching question is the venus express designed to answer?
why has venus evolved so differently compared with earth?
