Right Stuff

Directions: Complete the following as you view the movie.

1. Mach is 750 mph and is known as the ______.

2. Many believe that mach cannot be broken. T/F

3. What must a pilot do to get their picture hung on the wall at the local bar? ______

4. What does the pilot ask for before beginning this flight? ______

5. Who becomes the first man to go Mach? ______.

6. One of the new pilots that arrive is named ______Grissom. (Grissom was from Mitchell Indiana and is who Grissom Air Base is named after.

7. All of the pilots want to be on the “top of the ______.”

8. Being a test pilot was very dangerous. A test pilot had a one in ____ chance of dying.

  1. Who is the first pilot to go Mach 2?
  1. In 1957, the soviets launch the first satellite in space. It was called ______.
  1. This event leads to a space race. T/F
  1. The US and Soviets used former Germans to help with their space/rocket program. T/F
  1. Many of the best test pilots like Yeager and Crossfield were taken into the space program. T/F
  1. Astronauts means ______.
  1. 50 Pilots were competing for ______spots in the space program.
  1. The pilots were put through a variety of activities to find the most qualified for the space program. T/F
  1. Name the 7 who were chosen as America’s first astronauts. They were known as the Mercury Astronauts.

______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______.

  1. Which of these men plan on being 1st into space ______.
  1. What major magazine will write stories on each of the astronauts and their wife’s and family?
  1. By 1960, US rockets were well designed and ready for space. T/F
  1. US Astronauts were unhappy with the design of the spacecraft. T/F
  1. A ______was the first to go into space.
  1. Soviet Yuri Gargarin was the first man into space. T/F
  1. May 1961, ______becomes the 1st American in space.
  1. Gus Grissom was the 2nd American in Space. He took a roll of ______with him as souvenirs.
  1. What happened to “Liberty Bell 7”, Grissom’s spacecraft, upon reentry? ______.
  1. Grissom was blamed for this mistake. T/F
  1. Yeager support the astronauts. T/F
  1. ______became the 1st American to orbit the earth.
  1. This astronaut was killed because of a problem with his heat shield. T/F
  1. What city becomes the home for NASA and space program?
  1. What goal does Alan Sheppard have after the Mercury program is over?
  1. In 1962, Chuck Yeager was killed in a plane crash. T/F
  1. What happened later (Apollo I Mission) to Gus Grissom?
  1. Who was the last of the Mercury Astronaut into space that went higher, farther, and faster than any other American and was the last American to ever go into space alone.