Who am I?
Father of modern rocketry who built the first liquid fueled rocket, developed the bazooka, and patented the multi-stage rocket.
Who is Robert Goddard?
The first satellite in space.
What was Sputnik?
The most deadly spacecraft in history.
What was the space shuttle program?
The rocket that carried man to the moon.
What was the Saturn V?
The year mankind first landed on the moon.
What was 1969?
The second man on the moon.
Who was Buzz Aldrin?
The first man in space.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
The first US space disaster killing all three astronauts aboard in a training exercise. Spark under the commanders seat lit the 100% oxygen atmosphere in the capsule, and poorly designed doors made escape impossible. Forever changed safety practices at NASA.
What was Apollo 1?
The name of the Apollo 11 LM.
What was the Eagle?
Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket in this year.
What is 1926?
German-born man who was the designer of the V-2, Redstone, and Saturn Rockets.
Who is Wernher von Braun?
Mission commander and LM pilot of Apollo 11. The first man on the moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
Space shuttle explosion killing all crew aboard, caused by O-rings on the solid fuel boosters being frozen.
What was the Challenger disaster?
The predecessor of the American Redstone Missile and the first practical ballistic missile.
What was the V-2?
The year the Columbia disaster occured.
What was 2003?
The president who set the moon deadline; saying that we would reach the moon before 1970.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The first animal in space had that name.
Who was Laika?
The third US space disaster, killing all crew aboard. Happened during re-entry of the shuttle because of a hole on the left wing caused by a foam strike during the launch.
What was the Columbia disaster?
The rocket that carried the first American astronaut into space.
What was the Mercury Redstone?
The year the Challenger disaster occurred.
What was 1986?
Chinese astrologer who strapped himself to 47 firework type rockets and vanished in a puff of smoke. Legend says he was the first man to fly into space, but he likely was blown up.
Who was Wan Hu?
The Chief Designer of the Russian Space program. His identity remained secret to protect him from assassination attempts. Was responsible for many of the early Soviet space successes over the US.
Who was Sergei Korolev?
This disaster marked the beginning of the end of the space shuttle program.
What was the Columbia disaster?
The rocket that carried the first American astronaut into orbit.
What was the Mercury Atlas?
The year man first made it into space.
What was 1961?