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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






3. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






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






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






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






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






8. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?






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






10. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






11. Who was the first American to walk in space?






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






13. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What is the LEM?


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






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






22. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






25. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






27. When did the first American orbit the earth?






28. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






31. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






33. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






37. What does NASA stand for?






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






39. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






43. hen was NASA created?






44. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






50. Who was the first American to walk in space?






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