Chapters 17-23
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- Q1What were the qualifications for astronaut candidate?shorter than six feet tall, weigh 170 pounds, be a pilot, have a bachelor's degreefive feet ten inches tall, weight 150 pounds, be a pilot, have a master's degreeshorter than five feet eleven inches high, weigh under 180 pounds, be qualified as test pilots and have at least a bachelor's degreesix feet high, weight at least 190 pounds, be a pilot, have a master's degree30s
- Q2What did Virginia governor Lindsay Almond do to prevent the integration of schools?He fired all the black teachersHe sent students to schools in neighboring statesHe closed public schools that attempted to integrate.He called in the National Guard30s
- Q3What was the nickname for the first class of astronauts?Astronauts 1NASA's AstronautsFirst-Class Astronautsthe Mercury Seven30s
- Q4What was the name of NASA's first manned space program?Project SaturnProject MercuryFirst in SpaceProject Lunar30s
- Q5How many equations were required to determine the trajectory of a space launch?Twenty-two principal equations and nine error equationsThirty-six principal equations and fifteen error equationsTwenty principal equations and five error equationsFifteen principal equations and thirteen error equations30s
- Q6In what field did Christine Darden earn a doctorate degree?mechanical engineeringchemistrychemical engineeringphysics30s
- Q7By 1960, how many boys took part in the All-American Soap Box Derby?150,00070,000100,00050,000030s
- Q8In 1960, to where did NASA move its space program headquarters?Houston, TexasRichmond, VirginiaAtlanta, GeorgiaLos Angeles, California30s
- Q9What did Mary Jackson help her son Levi design?a space shipa car for the local soap box derbya miniature shipa naval yard30s
- Q10What happened at the Soap Box Derby race?Levi Jackson tied in the Soap Box Derby race.Levi Jackson lost the race.Levi Jackson won the race becoming the first African-American to qualify for the national race.Levi Jackson did not enter the Soap Box Derby race.30s
- Q11What television program premiered in 1966 and featured a multi-raceal crew on a peace-keeping mission of deep-space exploration?Galaxy 500Star TrekStar WarsSearch for the Stars30s
- Q12Who became president of the United States in 1961?John F. KennedyThomas JeffersonRichard NixonDwight D. Eisenhower30s
- Q13Who worked on calculating the flight trajectories and landing coordinates for the space flights during Project Mercury?Dorothy VaughanVivian MitchellMary JacksonKatherine Goble30s
- Q14What caused massive layoffs at Langley during the 1970's?budget cutsnot enough qualified personnelthe end of the Apollo missions, the high cost of the space program and the Vietnam conflicttoo many explosions30s
- Q15What space mission landed men on the moon for the first time?Mercury 1Apollo 13Mercury 3Apollo 1130s