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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?






2. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






7. What is the LEM?


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


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






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






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






12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






14. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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


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






20. When was the Explorer I launched?






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






34. What does NASA stand for?






35. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






40. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






46. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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