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






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






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






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






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






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


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






9. What is the LEM?


10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






24. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






31. What were the first words from the moon?


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






33. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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


37. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






38. What does NASA stand for?






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






40. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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