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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


2. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






13. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What is the LEM?


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






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


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






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






31. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






32. When did the first American orbit the earth?






33. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






38. What does NASA stand for?






39. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






43. What is the LEM?


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






45. Why was NASA created?






46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






50. What country launched the first artificial satellite?