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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






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






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






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






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






6. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






8. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?


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






10. What is the LEM?


11. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






13. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






14. What were the first words from the moon?


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






16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






30. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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






35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






38. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






39. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


43. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. When was the first space shuttle launched?