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Project Mercury
Test your knowledge of America's first manned space program.
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Quiz ID: #1247
Category:
History
Submitted By:
cnmne
Question #1
How many manned Mercury missions were there?
7
5
8
6
Question #2
Which booster rocket was used for the sub-orbital Mercury missions?
Jupiter C
Atlas
Titan II
Redstone
Question #3
How many orbits were flown during the first manned orbital Mercury mission?
5
1
7
3
Question #4
Which astronaut flew in Sigma 7?
M. Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
John H. Glenn, Jr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Question #5
What was the name of L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.'s Mercury capsule?
Faith 7
Aurora 7
Hope 7
Charity 7
Question #6
What was the mission number of M. Scott Carpenter's flight?
Mercury-Atlas 6
Mercury-Atlas 7
Mercury-Redstone 3
Mercury-Redstone 4
Question #7
Which of the following was not the name of a Mercury capsule?
Friendship 7
Liberty Bell 7
Independence 7
Freedom 7
Question #8
Which launch complex at Cape Canaveral was used for the orbital Mercury missions?
13
14
12
11
Question #9
In which branch of the US military was Walter M. Schirra, Jr.?
Air Force
None; he was a civilian
Navy
Marines
Question #10
Two chimpanzees flew in space during Project Mercury. What were their names?
Adam and Eve
Ham and Enos
Able and Baker
Gordo and Sam
Question #11
John H. Glenn, Jr. was the first American in space.
True
False
Question #12
All six manned Mercury flights lasted less than one day.
True
False
Question #13
Virgil I. Grissom nearly drowned during his mission.
True
False
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