Social Studies 2010-2011 - - Space Flight

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Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born June 10, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan.
Flew on Gemini 4 and Apollo 9, and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 338.

selection year:1962
group: 2
# of flights: 2
status: former

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James A. McDivitt

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Civilian
Born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina.
Bachelor of Science in physics from North Carolina A&T State College; Doctor of
Philosophy in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Flew on STS 41-B.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 191.
Died January 28, 1986, in the STS 51-L accident.

selection year: 1978
group:8
# of flights:1
status:deceased

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Ronald E. McNair

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Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born September 17, 1930, in Hereford, Texas.
Bachelor of Science in industrial management from the Carnegie Institute of Technology
(now Carnegie-Mellon University); Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering
from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; Doctor of Science in aeronautics and
astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Flew on Apollo 14.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 216.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 9 hours.


selection year: 1966
group: 5
# of flights: 1
status: former

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Edgar D. Mitchell

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Civilian
Born August 19, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts. Hometown, Lexington, Kentucky.
Bachelor of Science in mathematics and statistics from Syracuse University; Bachelor of
Arts in chemistry from Marietta College; Master of Business Administration in
operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California at Los
Angeles; Master of Science in physiology and biophysics from the University of
Kentucky; Master of Arts in literature from the University of Houston; Doctor of Medicine
from Columbia University.
Flew on STS-6, STS 51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61 and STS-80.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 1,166.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 26 hours.


selection year: 1967
group: 6
# of flights: 6
status: former

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Story Musgrave

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Civilian
Born May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. Hometown, La Mesa, California.
Bachelor of Science in physics from San Diego State University; Master of Science and
Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Flew on STS-56, STS-66, STS-96 and STS-110.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 978.

selection year: 1990
group: 13
# of flights: 4
status: management

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Ellen Ochoa

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Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born June 24, 1946, in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii.
Bachelor and Master of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado.
Flew on STS 51-C.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 73.
Died January 28, 1986, in the STS 51-L accident.


selection year: 1978
group: 8
# of flights: 1
status: deceased

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Ellison S. Onizuka

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Civilian
Born June 30, 1951, in Seattle, Washington. Hometown, Bellingham, Washington.
Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Flew on STS-42, STS-56 and STS-67.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 814.


selection year: 1985
group: 11
# of flights: 3
status: former

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Stephen S. Oswald

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Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
Born July 14, 1936, in Lorain, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in physics from Baldwin Wallace College; Master of Science in
aeronautics from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Flew on STS-5 and STS 51-B.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 290.
Died March 22, 1996, in the crash of a light aircraft he was testing.


selection year: 1969
group: 7
# of flights: 2
status: deceased

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Robert F. Overmyer

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born January 23, 1930, in Okemah, Oklahoma.
Bachelor of Science in education from Oklahoma Baptist University; Master of Science in
mathematics from Oklahoma State University.
Flew on Skylab 4.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 2,017.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 13 hours.


selection year: 1966
group: 5
# of flights: 1
status: former

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William R. Pogue

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Civilian, U.S. Naval Reserve
Mission Specialist.
Born March 18, 1954, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Hometown, Mesquite,
Texas.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in geosciences from the
University of Texas-Dallas.
Flew on STS-89 and STS-104.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 517.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 16 hours.


selection year: 1995
group: 15
# of flights: 2
status: current

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James F. Reilly

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Captain, U.S. Navy
Born April 16, 1956, in Arlington, Virginia.
Bachelor of Science in biology from the College of William and Mary and a Doctor of
Medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Flew on STS-107.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 382.
Died February 1, 2003, in the STS-107 accident.

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Brown, David

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Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born May 1, 1925, in Boulder, Colorado.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado.
Flew on Mercury 7.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 4.

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Carpenter, M. Scott

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Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Born February 15, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University.
Died January 27, 1967, at NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the Apollo
spacecraft fire.

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Chaffee, Roger B.

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born July 9, 1943, in Greenville, South Carolina. Hometown, Gainesville, Georgia.
Bachelor of Science in engineering science from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of
Science in astronautics from Purdue University. Graduate of the Air Force Air War
College.
Flew on STS-36, STS-54, STS-62 and STS-77.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 825.

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Casper, John H.

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Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born March 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois.
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University; Master of Science in
aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School.
Flew on Gemini 9, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 566.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 22 hours.

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Cernan, Eugine A.

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Civilian
Born April 5, 1950, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut; Doctor of
Philosophy in applied plasma physics from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Flew on STS 61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91 and STS-111.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 1,601.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 19 hours.

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Chang-Diaz, Franklin R.

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Civilian
Born July 1, 1961, in Karnal, India.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College; Master
of Science in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington; Doctor of
Philosophy in aerospace engineering from University of Colorado.
Flew on STS-87 and STS-107.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 758.
Died February 1, 2003, in the STS-107 accident.

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Chawla, Kalpana

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Pilot.
Born November 19, 1956, in Elmira, New York.
Bachelor of Arts in math and economics from Syracuse University; Master of Science in
operations research from Stanford University; Master of Arts in space systems
management from Webster University.
Flew on STS-63, STS-84 and STS-93.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 537.

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Collins, Eileen M.

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Civilian Major General, U.S. Air Force Reserve (Retired)
Born October 31, 1930, in Rome, Italy.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy.
Flew on Gemini 10 and Apollo 11.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 265.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 1 hour.

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Collins, Michael

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Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born June 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University.
Flew on Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, and Skylab 2.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 1,179.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 13 hours.
Died July 8, 1999, in Ojai, California, in a motorcycle accident.

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Conrad, Charles, Jr.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1959 1 2 Deceased
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology; Doctor of Science in
aeronautical engineering from Oklahoma City University.
Flew on Mercury 9 and Gemini 5.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 225.

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COOPER, L. Gordon, Jr.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1978 8 4 Former
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born August 1, 1946, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hometown, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Bachelor of Science in engineering sciences from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of
Science in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University.
Flew on STS 51-I, STS-26, STS-38, and STS-61.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 645.

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Corvey,Richard O.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1969 7 4 Former
Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born September 11, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas.
Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas.
Flew on STS-1, STS-7, STS 41-C, and STS 41-G.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 565.

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Crippen, Robert L.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1985 11 4 Former
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born June 20, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of Science in
systems management from the University of Southern California.
Flew on STS-45, STS-57, STS-72 and STS-92.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 976.

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Duffy,Brian

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1966 5 1 Former
Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born October 3, 1935, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bachelor of Science in naval sciences from the U.S. Naval Academy; Master of Science in
aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Flew on Apollo 16.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 265.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 20 hours.

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Duke,Charles M., jr.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1966 5 2 Former
Major General, Air National Guard/U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born August 26, 1932, in Dickinson County, Kansas.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Kansas.
Flew 16 flights in USAF/NASA X-15 - 3 flights into space; flew on Space Shuttle approach
and landing tests 2 and 4, STS-2, and STS 51-I.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 224.

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Engle, Joe H.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1987 12 6 Current
Civilian
Mission Specialist.
Born January 6, 1957, in Louth, England. Hometown, Cambridge, England.
Bachelor of Arts in physics and Doctor of Philosophy in laboratory astrophysics from
Cambridge University.
Flew on STS-45, STS-56, STS-63, STS-84/Mir, Mir/STS-86, STS-103 and Expedition 8.
Cumulative days of space flight are more than 374.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 22 hours.

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Foale, C. Michael

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1965 4 1 Former
Civilian
Born November 8, 1936, in Buffalo, New York.
Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of Rochester; Master of Science in
engineering from the California Institute of Technology; Doctor of Philosophy in
engineering and physics from the California Institute of Technology.
Flew on Skylab 4.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 2,017
Cumulative EVA time is more than 15 hours.

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Gibson, Edward G.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1959 1 2 Former
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
Born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in engineering from Muskingum College.
Flew on Mercury 6, and STS-95.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 217.

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Glenn, john H, jr.

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Selection Year Group # Flights Status
1963 3 2 Former
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology; Doctor of Science in
aeronautical engineering from Oklahoma City University.
Flew on Mercury 9 and Gemini 5.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 225.

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Gordon, Richard F., jr.

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Selection year:1987
Group:12
# flights:4
Status:Former

Born May 20, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri. Hometown, Eminence, Missouri.
Bachelor and Master of Science in applied mathematics from the University of Missouri-
Rolla.
Flew on STS-41, STS-49, STS-61 and STS-79.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 814.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 29 hours

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Thomas D. Akers

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Selection year:1963
Group:3
#Flights:2
Status: Former

Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born January 20, 1930, in Montclair, New Jersey.
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Military Academy; Doctor of
Science in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Flew on Gemini 12 and Apollo 11.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 289.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 2 hours.

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Buzz Aldrin

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Selection: 1995
Group:15
#Flights:2
Status: Deceased

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born December 25, 1959, in Plattsburgh, New York. Hometown, Spokane, Washington.
Bachelor of Science in physics/astronomy from University of Washington; Master of
Science in physics from Creighton University.
Flew on STS-89 and STS-107.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 593.
Died February 1, 2003, in the STS-107 accident.

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Michael P. Anderson

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Selection year:1962
Group:2
#Flights:2
Status:Former

Civilian
Born August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University; Master of Science
in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California.
Flew on Gemini 8 and Apollo 11.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 205.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 2 hours.

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Neil A. Armstrong

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Selection year:1963
Group:3
#Flights:2
Status:Former

Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born March 15, 1932, in Wheeler, Texas.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas.
Flew on Apollo 12 and Skylab 3.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 1,671.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 10 hours.

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Alan L. Bean

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Selection year:1980
Group:9
#Flights:5
Status:Former
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas.
Bachelor of Science in engineering science from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of
Science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University.
Flew on STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/Mir and Mir/STS-81.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 3,864.

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John E. Blaha

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Selection year: 1995
Group:15
#Flights: 3
Status:Former

Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Pilot
Born March 16, 1959, in Flint, Michigan. Hometown, Lake Fenton, Michigan.
Bachelor of Science in engineering mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of
Science in engineering management from Old Dominion University.
Flew on STS-86, STS-97 and STS-110.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 753.

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Micahel J. Bloomfield

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Selection year:1978
Group:8
#Flights:4
Status: Former

Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born November 22, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University; Master
of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in aerospace engineering from the Air Force
Institute of Technology; Master of Business Administration from the University of
Houston-Clear Lake.

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Guion S., Jr. Bluford

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Selection year: 1980
Group: 9
#Flights: 4
Status: Former

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Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

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Selection year: 1962
Group:2
#Flights: 2
Status: Former

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Frank Borman

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Civilian
Born April 5, 1949, in Akron, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University; Doctor of
Philosophy in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland.
Flew on STS 41-D.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 144.
Died January 28, 1986, in the STS 51-L accident.
Selection 1978, Group 8, 1flight

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Judith A. Resnik, Civilian

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Born May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, California.
Bachelor of Science in physics; Bachelor of Arts in english; Master of Science and Doctor
of Philosophy in physics from Stanford University.
Flew on STS-7 and STS 41-G.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 343.
selection 1978 Group 8 2 flights

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Sally K. Ride, Civilian

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Born March 12, 1923, in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy; graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot
School.
Flew on Mercury 8, Gemini 6, and Apollo 7.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 295.
selection 1959, group 1, 3 flights

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SCHIRRA, Walter M., Jr., Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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Born July 3, 1935, in Santa Rita, New Mexico.
Bachelor of Science in geology from the California Institute of Technology; Doctor of
Philosophy in geology from Harvard University.
Flew on Apollo 17.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 301.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 22 hours. selected 66 group 4, 1 flight

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SCHMITT, Harrison H., Civilian

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Born October 25, 1935 in Neptune, New Jersey.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Master of Science in aeronautics and astronautics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Flew on Apollo 9.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 241.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 1 hour. selected in63 group3 1 flight

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SCHWEICKART, Russell L., Civilian

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Born May 19, 1939, in Cle Elum, Washington.
Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Arizona.
Flew on STS 41-C.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 167.
Died January 28, 1986, in the STS 51-L accident. selected in78 group8 1flight

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SCOBEE, Francis R., Major, U.S. Air Force (Retired)

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Born November 18, 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy. selected in 59 group 1 2 flights
Flew on Mercury 3 and Apollo 14.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 216.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 9 hours.
Died July 21, 1998, after a lengthy illness.

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SHEPARD, Alan B., Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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Born March 1, 1924, in Sparta, Wisconsin.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Flew on Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 217.
Died June 13, 1993, in League City, Texas, from complications of a brain tumor.
selected in59 group1 1 flight

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SLAYTON, Donald K., Civilian Major, U.S. Air Force Reserve

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Born August 30, 1931, in Denver, Colorado.
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado; Master of
Science in aerospace science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Master of
Business Administration from Hartford College.
Flew on Apollo 13.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 142.
Died December 27, 1982, of cancer. selected in66 group5 1flight

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SWIGERT, John L., Jr., Civilian

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Born July 3, 1943, in Marianna, Florida. Hometown, Jacksonville, Florida.
Bachelor and Master of Science in engineering science from Florida State University;
Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas.
Flew on STS-7, STS 51-B, STS-30, STS-42 and Mir/STS-71.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 3,360 including time on Mir.selected in78 group8 5 flights

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THAGARD, Norman E., Civilian

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Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born November 12, 1937, in Fayette, Mississippi.
Bachelor of aeronautical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Flew on Space Shuttle approach and landing tests 2 and 4, STS-2, and STS-8.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 199.


selection year: 1969
group: 7
# of flights: 2
status: former

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Richard H. Truly

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born September 6, 1955, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in physics from Kent State University; Master of Science in solid-state
physics from John Carroll University.
Flew on STS-51, STS-65, STS-79 and STS-108(up)/Exp 4/STS-111(down).
Cumulative days of space flight are more than 231.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 18 hours.

selection year: 1990
group: 13
# of flights: 4
status: management

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Carl E. Walz

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Civilian
Born August 24, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio. Hometown, Bedford Heights, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Purdue University; Doctor of Philosophy
in physical chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.
Flew on STS-70 and STS-101.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 450.

selection year: 1992
group: 14
# of flights: 2
status: former

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Mary E. Weber

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Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born September 24, 1930, in San Francisco, California.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Flew on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1 and STS-9.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 835.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 20 hours (on the moon.)


selection year: 1962
group: 2
# of flights: 6
status: former

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John W. Young

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Born June 13, 1945, in New York, New York.
Bachelor of Science in engineering science from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Flew on STS 51-J, STS-30, STS-42, and STS-57.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 627.

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Ronald J Grabe

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Civilian
Born November 14, 1933, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
Flew on Apollo 13 and Space Shuttle approach and landing tests 1, 3, and 5.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 142.

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Fred W Haise Jr

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born February 26, 1958, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hometown, Portland, Oregon.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy; Master of
Science in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University.
Flew on STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101 and STS-102(up)/Exp 2/STS-105(down).
Cumulative days of space flight are more than 211.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 8 hours.

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Susan J Helms

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Civilian
Born October 17, 1926, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Virginia; Master of Arts in astronomy
from the University of Virginia; Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy from the University of
Michigan.
Flew on STS 51-F.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 190.
Died October 5, 1993, of respiratory and heart failure during a climb of Mount Everest.

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Karl G Henize

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Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Born July 12, 1957, in Amarillo, Texas.
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University; Master of
Science in mechanical engineering from California State University.
Flew on STS-96 and STS-107.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 617.
Died February 1, 2003, in the STS-107 accident.

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Rick D Husband

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Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy; Advanced Management Program,
Harvard Business School.
Flew on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 715.

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James A Lovell Jr

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Civilian
Mission Specialist.
Born July 1, 1963, Springfield, Massachusetts. Hometowns, Honolulu, Hawaii, and
Webster, New York.
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Cornell University; Doctor of Philosophy
in applied physics from Stanford University.
Flew on STS-84, STS-106, Expedition 7 and Soyuz TMA-2.
Cumulative days of space flight are more than 206.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 6 hours.

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Edward T Lu

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Civilian
Born January 14, 1943, in Shanghai, China. Hometown, Bethany, Oklahoma.
Bachelor of Science in chemistry; Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in
biochemistry from University of Oklahoma.
Flew on STS 51-G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, STS-76/Mir and Mir/STS-79.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 5,354.

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Shannon W Lucid

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Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Born March 17, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois.
Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Auburn University.
Flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS 51-C.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 508.
Cumulative EVA time is more than 1 hour

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Thomas K Mattingly II

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Commander, U.S. Navy
Born September 23, 1961, in San Diego, California.
Bachelor of Science in applied science from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Science
in computer science from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in
aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Flew on STS-107.
Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 382.
Died February 1, 2003, in the STS-107 accident.

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William C McCool

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Who among the following is not considered a "father of modern rocketry"?
Robert H. Goddard
Herman Oberth
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Chuck Yeager

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Chuck Yeager

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Who is referred to as the father of modern rocket proportion?

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Robert H. Goddard

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The first director of NASA, in 1958, was _______

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T. Kieth Glennan

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The "Space Age" began in _____ with the sucessful launch of sputnik

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October, 1957

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Which Mercury pilot flew the first flight that lasted more than 24 hours?

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L Gordon Cooper, Jr.

Front 70

Unlike goddard who was heckled for suggesting space travel, physicist _________ recieved an enthusiastic response to his space travel theories in 1923.

Back 70

Hermann Oberth

Front 71

What was Explorer I?

Back 71

America's first satellite

Front 72

During the Mercury and Gemini programs, the engineer responsible for loading and securing the crewmen before launch was __________.

Back 72

Guenter Wendt

Front 73

The first tragedy for the U.S. space program happened in _______.

Back 73

1967

Front 74

Why didn't Chuck Yeager recieve public attention for breaking the sound barrier?

Back 74

The AF had taken over the program and it was now part of the secrecy of the Cold War

Front 75

A mission specialist on the space shuttle Colombia, _______, was performing bioscience experiments in space including gardening.

Back 75

Laurel Clark

Front 76

The yearly aviation award presented by the National Aeronautics Association for outstanding achievements is called the _________.

Back 76

Collier Trophy

Front 77

The European Space Agency is headquartered in ______ and began in _________.

Back 77

Paris; 1975

Front 78

The ________ was originally designed in 1960 by the Soviets for using spy cameras.

Back 78

Vostok Capsule

Front 79

Vehicle assembly building is abbreviated _________.

Back 79

VAB

Front 80

One of the successful launch of Sputnik was the passage of the ________ to increase student loans and scholarships.

Back 80

National Defense Education Act

Front 81

The Soviet cosmonaut that was stationed on Mir for 311 days during the colapse of the Soviet Union was _________.

Back 81

Sergei Krikalev (Krikalyov)

Front 82

The Mercury program had ______ manned flights.

Back 82

6

Front 83

The Gemini Program was created in part to ________.

Back 83

develop a two man craft

Front 84

What was the first spacecraft to carry a person into space.

Back 84

Voskhod I

Front 85

Who would deliver the news of a pilot's death to the family?

Back 85

Friends of Widows and Orphans

Front 86

What was the probability of a career navy pilot dying in an aircraft incident?

Back 86

0.23

Front 87

Muroc Field was located in _______.

Back 87

the Mojave Desert, CA

Front 88

How did NASA lure fighter pilots to volunteer for Project Mercury?

Back 88

appealed to their sense of danger

Front 89

Who among the following was not a Mercury Seven crew member?
Scott Carpenter
Scott Crossfield
Gus Grissom
Donald Slayton

Back 89

Scott Crossfield

Front 90

Who was the oldest of the Mercury Seven astronauts?

Back 90

John Glenn

Front 91

________ was the astronauts' headquarters.

Back 91

Langly AFB

Front 92

From the engineers' perspective, ________ was/were the geatest challenge of space flight.

Back 92

technology

Front 93

The decision regarding which of the astronauts would be the first man in space was made by __________.

Back 93

peer vote

Front 94

The ________ was rewarded to each astronaut after their flight.

Back 94

Distinguished Service Medal

Front 95

Which of the following was not a response to Alan Shepard's flight?
parades
commemorative coins
motorcade limo rides
preprinted greeting cards

Back 95

commemorative coins

Front 96

In August 1961, Soviet cosmonaut, _______, completed 17 orbits around the ________.

Back 96

Gherman Titov; Earth

Front 97

NASA built a ______ on a cattle pasture near Houston.

Back 97

Manned Spacecraft Center

Front 98

_______ flight was scheduled tobe the last of the Mercury Series?

Back 98

Gordon Cooper's

Front 99

_______ was created by the Air Force in 1962 in an effort to have a program similar to NASA.

Back 99

Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS)

Front 100

President John F. Kenedy's speech, at ______ in September of ______, spoke of his intention to expand the space program.

Back 100

Rice University; 1962

Front 101

The Apollo program was the largest non-military undertaking since the United States had attempted since the building of _______.

Back 101

the Panama Canal

Front 102

Science Magazine reported in 1968 that the most valuable spin-off from the space program of _______.

Back 102

better knowledge of how to accomplish huge social undertakings

Front 103

After the tragedy of the Apollo-Saturn 204, ________'s carrer was ruined because of the stigma from the accident and he left NASA in October of 1968.

Back 103

James Webb

Front 104

President Obama gave a speech on ______ at the _______ on April 15, 2010

Back 104

his vision of the space program; Kenedy Space Center

Front 105

In Obama's speech of 4/15/2010, he stated countries are no longer _______, as they were in the past.

Back 105

competing to reach a single goal

Front 106

On January 28, 2986, president Reagan spoke to the nation in a televised broadcast of the Challenger disaster, but his speech was supposed to hav been on _______.

Back 106

the State of the Union adress

Front 107

Who is the author of the autobiography 'Return to Earth'?

Back 107

Buzz Aldrin

Front 108

The pilot of the space shuttle Challenger was _______.

Back 108

Michael J. Smith

Front 109

The mission identifier of the Challenger was _______.

Back 109

STS-51L

Front 110

What type of rocket has thrust in the opposite direction of the space craft's movement causing the space craft to decrease speed?

Back 110

retrograde rocket

Front 111

The first director of NASA, in 1958, was __________.

Back 111

T. Keith Glennan

Front 112

Who is considered the "godfather: of rocketry?

Back 112

Hermann Oberth

Front 113

David M. Brown was _______ in the space program.

Back 113

a mission specialist for STS-107 Columbia

Front 114

________ was killed in a flash fire on the launch pad for Apollo

Back 114

Roger B. Chaffee

Front 115

Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from Tokyo University, mission specialist on shuttle missions; 1st Japanese astronaut to perform a space walk

Back 115

Doi, Takao

Front 116

retired Colonel, Canadian Air ; Force; astronaut selection Master of Science in Aviation Systems from the Univeristy of Tennessee; Chief CapCorn for shuttle missions; veteran of shuttle missions; 1st Canadian mission specialist and 1st Canadian to board the Soviet Mir station

Back 116

Hadfield, Chris A.

Front 117

Russian cosmonaut, mechanical engineer, and prominent rocket scientist; veteran of 6 space flights

Back 117

Krikalev, Sergei

Front 118

on Voskhod- 2; completed man's 1st space-walk; commander of Soyuz- 19; joint Soviet- American missionl co-wrote, with American astronaut David Scott, Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

Back 118

Lenonov, Alexei A.

Front 119

astronaut selection 1983- one fo the 1st 6 Canadian astronauts; Doctorate in Physics from York University in Toronto; veteran of 2 shuttle flights; currently Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space agency

Back 119

MacLean, Steve

Front 120

Agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military; it was renamed DARPA (for defense)

Back 120

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

Front 121

Location of Holloman Air Force Base- Critical test site during the cold war; Holloman Aero-Medical laboratory was home to the chimpanzee ENOS, the 1st animal the U.S launched into space- Mercury -Atlas capsule safely recovered after 3 hours; Alamogordo is close to Trinity Site where 1st atomic bomb exploded; the base currently supports aerospace research facilities; Alamogordo is home to the International Space Hall of Fame.

Back 121

Alamorgordo, NM

Front 122

Entered into force in 1961 and eventually signed y 47 countries, set aside Antarrtica as a scientifc preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation and banned military activity on that continent- treaty was the 1st arms control agreement established during the Cold War.

Back 122

Antartic Treaty

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1961-1972; Extensive research program required to achieve lunar landing and recory desitgh; 3-person space vehicle; Apollo vehicle could carry a deployable smaller vehicle- lunar module; 6 lunar landings- 12 men walked on the moon.

Back 123

Apollo Program

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1st joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs in July 1975; for the United States, it was the last Apllo flight.

Back 124

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project-

Front 125

"star_sailer" in greek; used by U.S. to identify a person who has gone or is in training to go to outer-space; Russian, comonauts, Greek, "universe-sailer"; Chinese, taikonauts, Chinese and Greek, 'space sailor"

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astronaut

Front 126

Last shuttle to be put in operation

Back 126

Atlantis shuttle

Front 127

gauge indicators use a solid color indicating they are on or off. If the gauge is striped (like a barber's pole) it indicates that the gauge is inactive and possibly inoperable- it is neither on or off

Back 127

barber poled

Front 128

landing site for seaborne forces of armed Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, an American CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow the new government of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro in april 1961

Back 128

Bay of Pigs

Front 129

served as Reagan's vice president-elected 41st U.S. president in 1989

Back 129

Bush, George Herbert Walker

Front 130

Soviet Cosmonaut; 1st man in space- made single orbit in 1961; died when his fighter aircraft crashed

Back 130

Gagarin, Yuri A.

Front 131

pilot of Voskhod-1 - 1st craft to carry a person into space; pilot of Soyuz- !st spacecraft crashed upon its return to Earth killing him

Back 131

Komarov, Vladimir

Front 132

flight engineer on Soyuz-6 - 1st man to weld in space; Soyuz-19 part of Apollo-Soyuz joint mission; commander of Soyuz-36

Back 132

Kubasov, Valery N.

Front 133

1st taikonaut (chinese astronaut) to man a Chinese space vehicle, Shezhou-5

Back 133

Liwei, Yang

Front 134

Swiss astronaut selection 1980; Master of Science in astrophysics from University of Geneva; flown on 4 shuttle missions; worked extensively with robotics and in the Extra Vehicular Activity Branch of the Astronaut Office

Back 134

Nicollier, Claude

Front 135

cosmonaut; set space-set record of 435 days -- Jan 1994-March 1995; (manned Mars voyages estimated as 9 months)

Back 135

Polyakov, V.

Front 136

German; astronaut selection 1990; Master degree in Physics; 2 shuttle missions, 1 Mir mission with Russia

Back 136

Schlegel, Hans

Front 137

Canadian, astronaut selection 1983; Doctorate of Medicine McGill University; 2 space flights- 1 shuttle mission and 1 Soyuz mission; 1st Canadian to serve as Flight Engineer of the ISS

Back 137

Thirsk, Robert B.

Front 138

along with Musa Manarov spent 1 year in space - Dec 21, 1987 to Dec 21, 1988, 365 days and 23 hours

Back 138

Titov, Vladimir

Front 139

flew TM-13, 2 Oct 1991 - 25 March 1992; launched as a Soviet citizen, returned as a Russian, landed in the new country of Kazakhstan; Soviet Union dismantled in Dec 1991; father is Sergey Vlokol, 1st 2nd generation cosmonaut

Back 139

Volkov, Aleksandr

Front 140

Canadian- astronaut selection 1992; Master of Applied Science in Computer Engineering; veteran of 2 shuttle missions- 1st Canadian to board the ISS

Back 140

Payette, Julie

Front 141

former Colonel in the Israeli Air Force; astronaut selection 1997; Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Computer Engineering for University of Tel Aviv; Israel's 1st astronaut; flew on the STS- 107- Columbia- perished 16 minutes prior to landing

Back 141

Ramon, Ilan

Front 142

1st woman in space; flew Vostok -6

Back 142

Tereshkova, Valentina

Front 143

Japan; astronaut selcetion 1992; Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from Kyushu University; veteran of 3 shuttle flights; spent over 4 months on the ISS as Flight Engineer

Back 143

Wakata, Koichi

Front 144

Canadian; astronaut selection 1992; Doctorate of Medicine and Master of Surgery from McGill Unviersity; veteran of 2 shuttle flights- 1st flight involved experiments on the crew focusing on microgravity environments and the brain and nervous systems

Back 144

Williams, Dafydd Rhys

Front 145

(April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster.

1974: Graduated from Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia
1978: Received bachelor of science degree in biology from the College of William and Mary
1982: Received a doctorate in medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School

Back 145

David Brown

Front 146

Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

1979: Graduated from William Horlick High School, Racine, Wisconsin
1983: Received bachelor of science degree in zoology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
1987: Received doctorate in medicine from the University of Wisconsin–Madison

Back 146

Laurel Clark

Front 147

Eileen Marie Collins (b. November 19, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is a retired American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. She was awarded several medals for her work. Col. Collins has logged 38 days 8 hours and 10 minutes in outer space. Collins retired on May 1, 2006 to pursue private interests, including service as a board member of USAA.

Back 147

Eileen Collins

Front 148

The lunar module designed to hold 2 people and get to the moon and back up to the commmand module.

Back 148

Aquarius

Front 149

A site near Roswell NM rumored to host dead space aliens;actually a test site for the A-12 and later the SR-71 Blackbird spy planes run by the CIA and Air Force.

Back 149

Area 51

Front 150

(Lt Col, USAF) (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to "walk" in space. White was killed along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at the Kennedy Space Center. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and had previously been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his Gemini 4 spaceflight.

Back 150

Ed White

Front 151

(April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space and the first person to fly in space twice. Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Back 151

Gus Grissom

Front 152

43rd U.S. president; most controversial election in U.S. history; 1st person since Benjamin Harrison to win the presidency but lose the popular vote;1st person since John Adams to follow his father's footsteps to the presidency

Back 152

Bush, George W.

Front 153

Canada's 1st satallite, and the 1st satellite constructed by a contry other than the USSR or the U.S.

Back 153

Canadian Alouette 1

Front 154

temporarily called Cape Kenedy; launch site for NASA space craft; an extension on the barrier island of Canaveral off the east-central Florida coast

Back 154

Cape Canaveral

Front 155

39th president of the U.S. from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. president to have received the prize after leaving office; created 2 new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and theDepartment of Education

Back 155

Carter, Jr, James Earl "Jimmy"

Front 156

Destroyed on 28th january, 1986 73 seconds after liftoff in an explosion triggered by a poorly sealed O-ring

Back 156

Challenger Shuttle

Front 157

landmark piece of legistration in the United States that outlawed unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public

Back 157

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Front 158

a political, economic and propaganda campaign between the allies of Great Britain and the United States, versus their former ally against the Germans, the Soviet Union; governments and territory liberated by the Soviet Red Army during the WWII, from Germany, were coming under Soviet influence and becoming communist nations

Back 158

Cold War

Front 159

destroyed on February 1, 2003; heat shields damaged by foam insulation on take-off, failed during reentry into earth's atmosphere; the spaceship disintergrated over Texas just 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing

Back 159

Columbia Shuttle

Front 160

launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. LC- 34 and its twin to the north, LC- 37, were used by NASA as part of the Apollo Program to launch Saturn 1 and IB rockets; was the site of the Apollo 1 fire

Back 160

Complex 34

Front 161

Russian astronaut

Back 161

Cosmonaut

Front 162

1969 River fire, due to pollution, helped spur an avalanche of water pollution control activites resulting in the Clean Water, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the federal Enviromental Protection Agency

Back 162

Cuyahoga River Fire

Front 163

the 3rd shuttle to be put into service

Back 163

Discovery Shuttle

Front 164

wide-mouthed cone-shaped connector attahced to a hose; the drogue acts as a guide to a probe which needs to attach temporarily to the hose

Back 164

drogue

Front 165

April 22- designated as a day to inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth's environment; founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, 1970

Back 165

Earth Day

Front 166

name of the Apollo lunar module Armstrong and Aldrin used to land on the moon; "... the Eagle has landed..."

Back 166

Eagle

Front 167

overthrew the Vietnamese emperor; claimed presidency of SOuth Vietnam; heavy-handed rule unpopular created support for the Viet Cong guerilla movement; assassinated in 1963

Back 167

Diem, Ngo Dinh

Front 168

42nd president of the U.S.; oversaw longest peace time economic expansion; 2nd president to be impeached - acquitted by the State

Back 168

Clinton, William (Bill)

Front 169

annual aviation award administered by the U.S. National Aeronautics Association (NAA), presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehichles, the value of which has been throughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."

Back 169

Collier Trophy

Front 170

2 distinct sections; the Command modual for the crew and spacecraft operations, and the Service modual for the main propulsion system and the majority of the consumables, like water, oxygen, fuel, ect.; sometimes refered to separately as the CM and the SM.

Back 170

Command/Service Module

Front 171

2nd of the NASA "Great Observatories" to be launched into space; CGRO was named after Dr. Arthur Holly Compton (Washington University in St. Louis), Nobel prize winner, for work with gamma ray physics

Back 171

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

Front 172

confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the U.S. in October 1962, during the Cold war; Cuban and Soviet governments began to surreptitously build bases in Cuba for a number of medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile; U.S. settled on a military "quarantine" of Cuba; confrontation ended 10/28/1962 when President Kennedy and United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant reached an agreement with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to dismantle the offensive weapons and return them to the Soviet Union, in exchange for an agreement by the U.S. to never invade Cuba

Back 172

Cuban Missle Crisis

Front 173

oversees interstate travel- started in 1966 by Johnson administration

Back 173

Department of Transportation

Front 174

(Vietnamese: Ngô Đình Diệm, pronounced [ŋo ɗîɲ zjə̂ˀm], Saigon: [ɗîn jə̃ˀm] ( listen)), (January 3, 1901 – November 2, 1963) was the first President of South Vietnam (1955–1963). In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable US support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a 1955 plebiscite that was widely considered fraudulent. Proclaiming himself the Republic's first President, he demonstrated considerable political skill in the consolidation of his power, and his rule proved authoritarian, elitist, nepotistic, and corrupt. A Roman Catholic, Diệm pursued policies that rankled and oppressed the Republic's Montagnard natives and its Buddhist majority. Amid religious protests that garnered worldwide attention, Diệm lost the backing of his US patrons and was assassinated by Nguyễn Văn Nhung, the aide of ARVN General Dương Văn Minh on November 2, 1963, during a coup d'état that deposed his government.

Back 174

Ngo Dinh Diem

Front 175

(Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in space.

Back 175

Yuri A. Gagarin

Front 176

(September 8, 1905 – April 11, 1995) was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, serving from August 19, 1958 to January 20, 1961.

Back 176

Keith T. Glennan

Front 177

(August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as Payload Specialist.

Back 177

Gregory B. Jarvis

Front 178

(Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в; March 16, 1927, Moscow – April 24, 1967, Orenburg Oblast) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the first Soviet cosmonaut to travel into space more than once, and the first human to die during a space mission, on Soyuz 1.[1]
He was selected to become a cosmonaut in 1960 with the first cosmonaut group. After being the backup for Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4, his first spaceflight was with the Voskhod 1 mission. On his second flight, Soyuz 1, he was killed after re-entry, when the spacecraft crashed owing to multiple failures, including the parachute.

Back 178

Vladimir Komarov

Front 179

First-generation space stations with 1 docking port and could not be re-supplied or refueled; stations were launched unmanned and later occupied by crews; 2 types: Almaz military stations and Salyut civilian stations; to confuse Western observers the soviets called both kinds salyut

Back 179

First-Generation Stations

Front 180

38th president of the U.S.; only chief executive not elected president or vice president

Back 180

Ford, Gerald

Front 181

act wich governs records management of documents in the possession of the federal government

Back 181

Freedom of Information Act

Front 182

name of the mercury 6 spaccraft piloted by John Glenn

Back 182

Friendship 7

Front 183

portable scaffold used to walk around somthingor to service rockets

Back 183

gantry

Front 184

Formerly called Muroc Army Air Field; used to train bomber and fighter crews; became a test base for jet aircraft; Charles Yeager flew the X-1 here- 1st to fly faster than the speed of sound; base also serves as test pilot school.

Back 184

Edwards Air Force Base

Front 185

Exciting something

Back 185

Egress

Front 186

1st fully imaging X-Ray telescope put into space and 2nd of NASA's 3 High Energy Astrophysical Observatories.

Back 186

Einstein Observatory

Front 187

10/14/1890-3/28/1969- A 5-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United states, from 1953 until 1961; during World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45, from the Western Front; in 1951, he become the 1st supreme commander of NATO.

Back 187

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Front 188

1964-1966; 12 launches of a 2-man spacecraft; tested astrounauts on their ability to manually control their spacecraft

Back 188

Gemini program

Front 189

U.S. Gov. civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center; original home of NASA , Marshall is today the agency's lead center for Space Shuttle propulsion and its external tank; payloads and related crew training; Internation Space Station (ISS) design and assembly; and computers, networks, and information

Back 189

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Front 190

unit of measure equal to the force of gravity on an object; usuaaly associated with acceleration

Back 190

G-Force

Front 191

a platform that can pivot-used to keep somthing in a fixed position relative to somthing else

Back 191

gimbal

Front 192

1st Administrator of the NASA, serving from 8/19/1958 to 1/20/1961

Back 192

Glennan, T. Keith

Front 193

Dispersal pattern of material "thrown out", often around a meteor impact crater, sometimes referring to the debris mass from a supernova event.

Back 193

Ejecta Blanket

Front 194

Protect species that are in danger of becoming extinct because of human action and its affect on the enviroment; applies to plants and animals,birds, and aquatic species; President Nixon signed the bill 12/28/1973

Back 194

Endangered Species Act

Front 195

The last shuttle to be commisioned-named after the 1st ship James Cook, who sailed the South Pacific, commanded.

Back 195

Endeavor Shuttle

Front 196

Intergovernmental organization established in 1975 dedicated to the exploraton of space, currently with 18 member states; headquarted in Paris; the spaceport is in Kourou, French Guiana, science missons are based in Noordwijk Netherlands, Mission control is in Darmstadt, Germany and the training center is in Cologne, Germany.

Back 196

European Space Agency

Front 197

International organization founded in 1964 by 10 European natons with the intention of jointly pursuing scientific research in space.

Back 197

European Space Research Organization

Front 198

Explorer 1 launched in 1958- 1st U.S. satellite; Explorers 3 and 4 were also successful launches; all 3 transmitted data for only a few months.

Back 198

Explorer

Front 199

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Back 199

Neil A. Armstrong

Front 200

Who was the first hispanic woman to travel in space?

Back 200

Ellen Ochoa

Front 201

The current president of the Canadian Space Agency and former Canadian astronaut is _______.

Back 201

Steve Maclean

Front 202

The _______ is the largest military missle range in the U.S. and located in ________.

Back 202

White Sands Missle Range; New Mexico

Front 203

Flight Director Loop is abbreviated ________.

Back 203

FD-LOOP

Front 204

_______ was they first Soviet to travel in space twice and the first to die during a space mission

Back 204

Vadimir Komarov

Front 205

Canada's first satelite was _______.

Back 205

Alouette I

Front 206

The Ansari X Prize was won by _______ in 2004 when they completed the second launch of the privately financed SpaceshipOne 100 kilometers into space within a two week period.

Back 206

Mojave Aerospace Ventures

Front 207

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed during the Johnson administration was a result of work done by which previous president.

Back 207

Kennedy

Front 208

The first night launch and night landing of a shuttle was made by ______.

Back 208

Challenger

Front 209

One of the goals of the Mercury program was to _______.

Back 209

investigate man's ability to function in space

Front 210

The Gemini program had 4 main objectives, including _______.

Back 210

to study long-term effects of space on the astronauts and equipment

Front 211

______ is the New Mexico site of the Holloman Air Force Base that was used for test flights for the space progeam.

Back 211

Alamogordo

Front 212

The first space station put up by the U.S. was ______ in 1973.

Back 212

Skylab

Front 213

______ surrendered to the Americans after WWII to develop missles for the U.S. Army.

Back 213

Wernher von Braun

Front 214

The Voting Rights Act removed the final bariers that prevented _______.

Back 214

voting by southern African Americans

Front 215

Which presidential administration supported environmental issues, created the Environmental Protection Agency adn passed the Clean Air Act

Back 215

Nixon

Front 216

Which of the following astronauts had flown seven missions, a record at this time?
Franklin Chang-Diaz
Michael Collins
Anna FIsher
William C McCool

Back 216

Franlin Chang-Diaz

Front 217

For the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cia trained _____ to lead the invasion.

Back 217

Cuban Exiles

Front 218

The Cuyahoga River in _____., caught fire in 1969 due to ______.

Back 218

Ohio, being grossly polluted

Front 219

How many rocket scientists and engineers did Wernher von Braun lead to American lines at the end of WWII thus avoiding Hilter's execution orders?

Back 219

125

Front 220

Earth Day was started in ___ by _____ .

Back 220

1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson

Front 221

The first space flight center, established in 1959, was the _____.

Back 221

Goddard Space Flight Center

Front 222

Why was the rocket program moved from White Sands, NM to Cape Canaveral, FL?

Back 222

White Sands did not provide enough room

Front 223

The first man to perform a space walk was _______.

Back 223

Alexei A. Leonov

Front 224

Which flight prgram allowed many pilots to earn and "astronaut" rating by attaining altitudes of over 50 miles and served as a predecessor to the Mercury space programs

Back 224

X-15

Front 225

Who was President during the CIA operation, "Bay of Pigs", to invade Cuba?

Back 225

Kennedy

Front 226

The first space shuttle was _____.

Back 226

Columbia

Front 227

one of the guidelines for the Mercury programs was to use _____.

Back 227

existing technology wherever practical

Front 228

On of the amin objectives of the Gemini Programs was to ______.

Back 228

develop docking methods with other vehicles

Front 229

The name of the Lunar Module on the Apollo 13 mission was ________.

Back 229

Aquarius

Front 230

The site of all Mercury and Gemini launchings, along with Apollo 7, was ______.

Back 230

Cape Canaveral

Front 231

Instrumentation adn Communications Officer is abbreviated ______.

Back 231

INCO

Front 232

NASA asked ______ to modify the Redstone missile so that it could be used to launch a manned space vehicle

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Wernher von Braun

Front 233

The International Space Station is being assembled in __________.

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low earth orbit

Front 234

As the popularity of teh astronauts grew, their _____ began to be jeopardized.

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LIFE deal

Front 235

________ was made commandant of the Aerospace Research Pilot School

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Chuck Yeager

Front 236

What was the one area in which the US was ahead of the soviets in the early space program?

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Scientific Satellites

Front 237

Which Mercury astronaut experimented the maneuvering capabilities to the extreme during his flight that he consumed almost all of his fuel.

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Scott Carpenter

Front 238

If a test pilot died during flight, to fighter pilots mind-set attributed the cause to ______.

Back 238

a chain of mistakes

Front 239

What was the probability of a career Navy pilot having to eject from his aircraft?

Back 239

.56

Front 240

The first person to achieve Mach 1 was _________.

Back 240

Chuck Yeager

Front 241

The public's response to the first astronaut volunteers was ________.

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admiration and awe

Front 242

Who was the head of NASA during the original Mercury Seven?

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T. Keith Glennen

Front 243

______ was a ____ hired to be the public relations officer for the Mercury Seven

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Leo DeOrsey, retired tax lawyer

Front 244

What is the slang term ro "Liquid Oxygen"?

Back 244

"lox"

Front 245

From a psychological perspective, which was one requirement for the astronauts

Back 245

the ability to do nothing under stress

Front 246

______ and _______ were the backup pilots for Project Mercury's first flight.

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John Glenn, Gus Grissom

Front 247

The first flight of the Mercuy capsule was scheduled for a duration of ________.

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15 minutes

Front 248

President Kennedy approached ____ for the funds to finance his space project.

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Congress

Front 249

The largest launch vehicle of the Saturn programs was Saturn V, with _______ huge new engines developed for he program, known as the ______.

Back 249

five, F-1

Front 250

Critical to Project Apollo's success was _____.

Back 250

the systems management of complex structures

Front 251

In President Obama' speech on 4/5/010, he tried to reassure the audience that although Washington _____, his administration ________.

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has nelected the needs of NASA for years, wil increase the budget over the next five years

Front 252

President Obama, in his speech on 4/15/2010, expresses the need to understand our environment adn climates better.

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our earth based observation

Front 253

In President Reagan's speech on 1/28/1986, he compared the Challenger's crerw deaths to that of explorer ______, who died on 1/28/1596

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Sir Francis Drake

Front 254

The mission commander of the Challenger was _____.

Back 254

Francis B Scobee

Front 255

One of Challengers mission was to launch the _______.

Back 255

Tracking Data Relay Satellite-B

Front 256

How many different models of aircraft had Neil Armstrong flown?

Back 256

more that 200

Front 257

Who was the Command Module pilot on the joint Apollo-Zoyus mission?

Back 257

Frank A Borman

Front 258

The mission identifier of the tragic Space Shuttle Columbia was ______.

Back 258

STS-107

Front 259

who was President during the CIA operation, "Bay of Pigs", to invade Cuba

Back 259

Kennedy

Front 260

The first weather sateillite, launched in 1960, was named _______.

Back 260

TIROS

Front 261

The first woman to command a space shuttle mission was _____, on the STS-93 flight of Shuttle Columbia

Back 261

Eileen Collins

Front 262

India had plans to launch a manned space flight by ______.

Back 262

2017

Front 263

The British equivilent of the CIvil Rights Act of 1964 was the ________.

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Race Relations Act

Front 264

Friendship 7 was the craft used for the______.

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first manned orbit

Front 265

In 1961 the Weisner Commitee noted that teh _____ needed to be considerably improved if the US was to be able to put heacy payloads into space

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booster program

Front 266

The Outer Space Treaty prohibits any nation from _____.

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laying territorial claim to a celestial body

Front 267

The Gulf of Tonkin incident involved the US and _______.

Back 267

North Vietnam

Front 268

________ provided the first close-up images of Mars

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Mariner 4

Front 269

The Space Technology Report of 1959 stated that _____ was necessary if the full exploration of space was to be successful

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human spaceflight

Front 270

In 2004, George W Bush stated that great rewards were coming out of the space program and that the total NASA budget was less than _____% of the total federal budget.

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1

Front 271

President _____ was a five-star general in th US Army.

Back 271

Eisenhower

Front 272

The first space craft to survey Mars from orbit was _______.

Back 272

Mariner 9

Front 273

Takoa Doi was the first Japanese astronaut to ______.

Back 273

perform a space walk

Front 274

Gemini craft were the first to have ________.

Back 274

ejection seats

Front 275

STG stands for ____.

Back 275

Space Task Group

Front 276

the US considers astronauts to be persons that are traveling more than ______

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50

Front 277

Who viewed military rocket development as just a progressive step as towards an eventual Mars expedition?

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Wernher von Braun

Front 278

The "Space Age" began in ______ with the successful launch of Spunik.

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October, 1957

Front 279

Wally Schirra launched the ___ on OCtober 13, 1962.

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Sigma 7

Front 280

Which Mercury Astromaut fell asleep while in orbit?

Back 280

Gordon Cooper

Front 281

______ was the First African American astronaut

Back 281

Bluford, Guion

Front 282

Alan Sheperd was the first American launched into space in _____.

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May 1961

Front 283

The most critical moment of the Mercury flight was when _____.

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the astronaut took over manually

Front 284

Sixteen days after Grissom's flight, in august of 1961, the Soviets sent ______ into orbit.

Back 284

Vostok 2

Front 285

A constant threat to the wives of the asatronauts was ____________.

Back 285

the deal with LIFE magazine being cancelled

Front 286

The second group of astronauts after the Mercury Seven were referred to as the ________.

Back 286

Next Nine

Front 287

In 1960, Chuck Yeager was assigned to ____ as director of flight test operations.

Back 287

Edwards Air Force Base

Front 288

In group 20 of the Pax River test-pilot school they used teh phrase __________, that referred to the maximum limits of an aircraft's performance

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pushing the envelope

Front 289

only good ______ had "the right stuff" and were considered real _______.

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Navy pilots, aviators

Front 290

The anaymous mastermind behind the Soviet's accomplishments was referred to as ______.

Back 290

Chief Designer

Front 291

What was the primary manner in which pilots would supplement their salaries?

Back 291

earning flight pay

Front 292

Which of the following was not a topic of interest to the press?

Back 292

pilot experience

Front 293

Wally Schirra coined the term _______ as his flight objective for Project Mercury.

Back 293

"Operational Precision"

Front 294

During, his flight, John Glenn felt insulted because________.

Back 294

he thought control was hiding safety issues from him

Front 295

As Gus Grissom's capsule landed in the water, there was confusion as to _______.

Back 295

when to blow the hatch

Front 296

What type of aircraft was used to launch the first Meurcury capsule into space.

Back 296

Redstone

Front 297

_______ was the first satellite to orbit th earth.

Back 297

Sputnik I