Nasa Flashcards

1
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Nasa was established under which act

A

National aeronautics and space act 1958

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2
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Nasa hq us at?

A

Washington DC USA

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Which organisation was the first to launch an object in the earth orbit

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Society unions Sputnik on October 4 of 1957

This led to creation of nasa

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4
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Who signed the national aeronautics and space act?

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President Dwight d Eisenhower signed the act in July 1958

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5
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The first Apollo flight happened in?

A

1968
The first moon landing was in 1969(Neil Armstrong and buzz Aldrin)
Last moon landing was in 1972

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6
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Nasa dart mission was launched in?

A

2021

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7
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Hubble space telescope was launched in

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1990 named after American astronomer Edwin p Hubble

Related mission now is the james Webb telescope which will be a large infrared telescope launched in the December of 2021

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NASA’s Artemis programme’s ARTEMIS stands for?

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Acceleration
Reconnection
Turbulence
Electrodynamics of moons interaction with sun

Artemis was the sister of the Greek god aoollo

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The Artemis astronauts will live and conduct research in a spaceship named?

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Orion which will be docked at gateway and Orion will be carried by the NASA’s new rocket Sls the Artemis astronauts will be wearing new spacesuits named xEMU

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