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Quiz about Mercury and Gemini the Beginning

Mercury and Gemini - the Beginning Quiz

This is a relatively easy quiz about the first two manned spaceflight programs from NASA. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by cawheel. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
cawheel

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,676

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
825

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of Scott Carpenter's space capsule? Hint

Aurora 7

Mercury 7

Friendship 7

Liberty 7

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Mercury 7 astronaut never flew a Mercury mission? Hint

John Glenn

Scott Carpenter

Wally Schirra

Deke Slayton

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was on Gemini 3, the first manned Gemini mission? Hint

John Glenn and Jim Lovell

Gus Grissom and John Young

Gus Grissom and Guion Bluford

John Young and Wally Schirra

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Question 4 of 10

4. What Gemini mission was the first to rendezvous in space with the Agena target vehicle? Hint

Gemini 8

Gemini 7

Gemini 3

Gemini 12

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Question 5 of 10

5. Gus Grissom's Mercury flight made him the second American in space. How many times did he orbit the Earth? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. Was John Glenn the first man to orbit the Earth?

Yes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which two Gemini missions were launched out of order? Hint

Gemini 10 and Gemini 11

Gemini 2 and Gemini 3

Gemini 6 and Gemini 7

Gemini 5 and Gemini 6

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ed White made the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4. Who was also on Gemini 4? Hint

John Young

Jim Lovell

Jim McDivitt

Pete Conrad

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Question 9 of 10

9. Gene Cernan flew on Apollo 17, and was the last man to set foot on the moon. On which Gemini mission did he fly? Hint

Gemini 4

Gemini 12

Gemini 5

Gemini 9

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Question 10 of 10

10. Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury 7, flew on the Faith 7, the sixth and last Mercury mission. On which Gemini mission did he fly his second space mission? Hint

Gemini 12

Gemini 9

Gemini 5

Gemini 4

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of Scott Carpenter's space capsule?

Answer: Aurora 7

On Aurora 7, a manual malfunction caused a 250 mile overshoot from his planned landing position!

2. What Mercury 7 astronaut never flew a Mercury mission?

Answer: Deke Slayton

Deke was grounded for a heart problem and did not fly on Mercury or Gemini. He finally got a chance to fly in space on the Apollo-Soyuz joint mission in the seventies.

3. Who was on Gemini 3, the first manned Gemini mission?

Answer: Gus Grissom and John Young

John Young was also on Gemini 10 and on the first space shuttle mission in 1981, on the Columbia.

4. What Gemini mission was the first to rendezvous in space with the Agena target vehicle?

Answer: Gemini 8

During this mission, Armstrong and Scott had to separate from the Agena earlier than planned because a technical malfunction caused the two vehicles to spin uncontrollably.

5. Gus Grissom's Mercury flight made him the second American in space. How many times did he orbit the Earth?

Answer: 0

Both of the first two Mercury flights (Shepard and Grissom) were suborbital, meaning they did not orbit the Earth.

6. Was John Glenn the first man to orbit the Earth?

Answer: No

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth, but the first man to orbit the earth was Yuri Gagarin.

7. Which two Gemini missions were launched out of order?

Answer: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7

Gemini 6's launch was delayed and so NASA launched Gemini 7 first. The two were to rendezvous in orbit.

8. Ed White made the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4. Who was also on Gemini 4?

Answer: Jim McDivitt

Jim McDivitt also flew Apollo. Ed White was killed in a launch pad fire on Apollo 1 during a "plugs out" test.

9. Gene Cernan flew on Apollo 17, and was the last man to set foot on the moon. On which Gemini mission did he fly?

Answer: Gemini 9

He flew on Gemini 9 with Tom Stafford.

10. Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury 7, flew on the Faith 7, the sixth and last Mercury mission. On which Gemini mission did he fly his second space mission?

Answer: Gemini 5

He flew on Gemini 5 with Pete Conrad. Gemini 5's slogan was "8 Days or Bust", since one of the Gemini program goals was long-duration flights.

Source: Author cawheel

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