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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Explorer I launched?






2. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






3. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






5. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?






6. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?






7. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?






8. When was the first space shuttle launched?






9. What does NASA stand for?






10. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


11. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






12. When did the first American orbit the earth?






13. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






15. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






16. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?






17. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?






18. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?


19. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?






20. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






21. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






22. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?






23. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






24. Who was president when NASA was created?






25. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






26. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?






27. Who was the first human to fly in space?






28. What does NASA stand for?






29. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






30. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






31. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






32. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






33. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






34. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






35. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






36. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?






37. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






38. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






39. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?






40. What were the first words from the moon?


41. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






42. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?






43. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






44. What is the date the first human flew in space?






45. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






46. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






47. Who was president when NASA was created?






48. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?


49. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






50. What is the LEM?