Early Astronauts
He was the First American astronaut to make a suborbital space flight
Who was Alan Shepard?
This was one goal that the Gemini Program was not able to meet.
What was bringing the spacecraft back to land rather than water?
The goal of the Apollo program was to land on the moon before this country.
What was Russia?
This is the name for the first group of U.S. astronauts. They were pretty "Lucky".
Who were the "Mercury Seven"?
Astronaut Scott Carpenter named his Mercury space capsule this heavenly name.
What was Aurora?
He was the astronaut that took Neil Armstrong's picture on the moon during the first moon EVA for Apollo 11.
Who was Buzz Aldrin?
The Gemini Project consisted of this many manned missions. Not to be confused with a bakery!
What was 10 missions?
These three astronauts were the first to lose their lives during the U.S. Space Program.
Who were Grissom, White, and Chaffee?
Astronaut John Glenn named his spacecraft this to promote world harmony.
What was Friendship 7?
The Apollo 13 mission started the phrase, "Houston, we have a problem". He was the mission commander that uttered this phrase.
Who was James Lovell?
This American astronaut was the first to orbit around the earth in space.
Who was John Glenn?
Ed White was the first person to use this device during a space walk.
What was a jet propulsion pack?
This NASA official chose to Name the Apollo Project.
Who was Abe Silverstein?
This last Mercury Mission Astronaut orbited the earth for 34 hours in 1963.
Who was Gordon Cooper?
Lt Col Welborn was a navigator on which USAF aircraft for the last 12 years of his military career.
What was an HC-130?
This American astronaut was the first to walk in space for the U.S.
Who was Edward H. White?
Gemini VI took photos of this other mission's spacecraft in 1965.
What was Gemini VII?
This was the number of days that the Apollo 17 mission lasted.
What was 12 days?
This president's administration was responsible for beginning the Mercury Project. Think just before JFK.
Who was President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
President Kennedy made his famous "We choose to go to the moon" speech from this Texas university.
What was Rice University?
He was the only one of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts that did not go into space during the Mercury Program.
Who was Donald K. Slayton Jr.?
He was the first human to walk in space, but he was not part of the Gemini Project.
Who was Alexei Leonov?
The Apollo missions returned to earth with this many pounds of "moon rocks".
What was 800 pounds?
Astronaut Alan Shepard was the second human in space after this man was first.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
These two Apollo missions never left the launch pad.
What were Apollo 1 and Apollo 17?