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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






3. When did the first American orbit the earth?






4. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






8. When was the first space shuttle launched?






9. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






11. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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


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






24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






26. hen was NASA created?






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






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






29. What were the first words from the moon?


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






31. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






38. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






39. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






43. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






44. What is the LEM?


45. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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