Set 25C

Manned space exploration requires: ____.

• radiation protection

• oxygen

• temperature control

New types of rockets needed to be developed (to bring man into space) that would not go so fast that the pressure would ___.

• make the fuel explode

• make the capsule implode

• make the space monkeys extra hungry for bananas

• make the astronauts lose consciousness

____ (in orbit around the earth) makes it feel like you are falling continuously.

Reentry into earth’s atmosphere requires a vessel that can withstand temperatures up to ___ degrees F. 

(Special heat resistant tiles are attached to the spacecraft in order to help with this.)

• 250

• 2,500

• 2,500,000

• 25

Landing the spacecraft ___ is the simplest reentry.

• in water (with parachutes)

• on land (with parachutes)

• on a modified aircraft carrier in the open ocean

• in a vacant stadium

America’s first manned spacecraft to orbit earth was the __

• Gemini capsule

• Apollo rocket (and lander)

• Mercury capsule

• Space Shuttle

The ___ was the first to send multi-manned spacecraft ( Voskhod 1 ) into space (and have a spacewalk).

• Chinese

• USA

• Russians

• Soviet Union

The __ spacecraft was the first USA spacecraft to practice docking two spacecraft (essential to prepare for a moon landing).

Project ___ was the US space program that had a goal of landing on the moon.

• Gemini

• Apollo

• Mercury

• Sputnik

___ was the first to be successful in this manned lunar landing.