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NASA Space Program

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?






2. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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

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






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






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

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






12. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






14. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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

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






19. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






22. What is the LEM?

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23. What is the LEM?

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






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






26. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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

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






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






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






31. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






33. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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

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35. What does NASA stand for?






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






37. What were the first words from the moon?

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






39. Why was NASA created?






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






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






42. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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