Project Gemini was named because it sent _______ astronauts into space.
What is two astronauts?
100
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
200
The world’s first satellite
What is Sputnik?
200
Who was the first person to reach Mach 1?
Who is Chuck Yeager?
200
Why is the number "7" significant to Project Mercury?
What is number of pilots in the Mercury program or the number that was after each of the ship names of the Mercury missions
200
What year did the Gemini progam begin?
What is 1965?
200
Who was the first person to go to Mach 2?
Who is Scott Crossfield?
300
What did the word 'Sputnik' originally meant?
What is Fellow Traveller?
300
Who was the first AMERICAN in outer space?
Who is Alan B. Shepard?
300
Who named the Mercury capsules?
Who are the astronauts?
300
One of the mission goals for Project Gemini was to demonstrate Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA), outside the protection of the spacecraft. What is another name for an EVA?
What is a spacewalk?
300
What did the space ship “Freedom 7” do that was a first for the United States
What is the first flight that put the first American in space {Alan b. Shepard}?
400
What United States President was in office at the start of the Space Race against the Soviet Union
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
I am the 1st American to orbit Earth. I spent over 4 hours in outer space...
Who is John Glenn?
400
What types of rockets were used in Project Mercury?
What were Redstone and Atlas?
400
What were three things different from the Mercury space capsules from the Gemini space capsules?
What is the Gemini capsules were longer, wider and heavier?
400
As the first American in orbit, Glenn was celebrated as a national hero, and received a ticker-tape parade. Just like whom?
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
500
What was the name of the first Soviet ship in outer space?
What is Vostok I?
500
I was the pilot of a spacecraft that sank right after splashdown after the hatch blew open. That spacecraft was retrieved in July, 1999.
Who was Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom?
500
1) To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth;
2) To investigate man's ability to function in space;
3) To recover both man and spacecraft safely.
These were...
What are the objectives of Project Mercury?
500
What was the number of astronaunts that participated in Project Gemini?
What is "16"?
500
During the Project Gemini, which military branch had most members to represent that branch?