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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why was NASA created?






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






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






16. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






20. Who was president when NASA was created?






21. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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


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






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






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






28. What is the LEM?


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






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






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






36. When did the first American orbit the earth?






37. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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


42. Who was president when NASA was created?






43. Why was NASA created?






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






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






46. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


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