Chapter 27: Manned Spacecraft Flashcards
The (Mercury/Gemini/Apollo) Program landed a man on the moon
Apollo
The (Mercury/Gemini/Apollo) was the first US manned space flight
Mercury
The (Mercury/Gemini/Apollo) was the first US space flight to place two persons in space
Gemini
Transports up to three cosmonauts to and from space
Soyuz
First space station intended for prolonged occupancy
Salyut
First man into space
Yuri Gagarin
Second-generation Russian space station
Mir
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
Who was the first Russian to walk in space?
Aleksei Leonov
When did Apollo 11 land on the moon?
July 20, 1969
What was the link-up in space between an American and a Russian manned spacecraft?
Apollo-Soyuz
What is the Space Transportation System commonly called?
The space shuttle
What was the first space shuttle that was only used for atmospheric flight tests?
Enterprise
Name the other five space shuttle orbiters
(CCDAE)
Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor
Name the other five space shuttle orbiters
(CCDAE)
Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor
What operates at 300 miles above the Earth and is free of any atmospheric interference?
The Hubble Space Telescope
A spacewalk is also referred to as
An extravehicular activity
The Long Duration Exposure Facility was designed to provide long-term data on the space environment and its effects on space systems and operations.
TRUE
How long did the first Space Walk last?
22 minutes
Who built the Spacelab?
The European Space Agency
The air inside of the space station is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen.
TRUE
Astronauts inside the space shuttle would have to leave their space suits on at all times
FALSE
Skylab used a lot of leftover parts from what missions?
The Apollo missions
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shepard
Who was the X-Prize awarded to?
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
What aerospace craft and test pilot won the X-Prize?
Test pilot Mike Melville flying SpaceShipOne
