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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






7. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


10. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






12. What date did the first American walk in space?






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






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






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






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






17. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






20. What were the first words from the moon?


21. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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






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






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






27. What date did the first American walk in space?






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






34. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






39. What does NASA stand for?






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






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






42. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






45. hen was NASA created?






46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






48. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






50. When was the Explorer I launched?