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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






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






3. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






12. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






17. What is the LEM?


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


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






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






21. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






22. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






23. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






24. Who was president when NASA was created?






25. Why was NASA created?






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






27. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


32. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






36. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






39. When did the first American orbit the earth?






40. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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






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






45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






48. hen was NASA created?






49. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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