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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?






2. Why was NASA created?






3. When was the Explorer I launched?






4. Why was NASA created?






5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






7. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






8. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






17. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






23. When did the first American orbit the earth?






24. Name the 7 original astronauts






25. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






29. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


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






35. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






36. hen was NASA created?






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






38. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






41. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






44. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






46. What is the LEM?


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






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






49. Name the 7 original astronauts






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